Opinion
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OPINION: Junkyard in the sky?
Your views of the havens at night might be interrupted by non-heavenly objects passing by your binoculars.
FIREWORKS: Fire away
To all those busy body residents who feel the need to get mad at literally a few hours of noises twice a year need to be silent. Your crying is giving me a headache. How about that?
SCHOOL CHOICE: A deceptive strategy
Brent Regan’s Jan. 17 opinion column claimed that American innovation is stalled by an outdated public education system. He declares that public education needs to change in order to better teach innovation. As a m…
VAULT DOORS: Thanks for saving them
Thank you to all the team that saved the vault doors from the Johnston Building and stored them for historic perpetuity.
WARMING SHELTER: Draws more homeless
Despite their best intentions, this will only draw more homeless to our hometown. Please stop helping them to recruit more homeless.
EDITORIAL: A bond that keeps us strong
Born from the lessons of Hurricane Andrew in 1992, EMAC emerged when states realized that natural disasters don't respect geographical borders, and neither should our response to them.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION: It’s a team effort
The Johnston Building at Second and Sherman has just been demolished, but two important pieces of its long history survive.
HB 7: Fine for marijuana will create financial burden
Regarding a portion of HB 7, specifically the changes to penalties for possession of 3 oz. or less of marijuana. This bill classifies possession of 3 oz. or less of marijuana as a misdemeanor, with a mandatory fine…
DEI BAN: A step backward in equality
Idaho’s DEI ban is a devastating blow to fairness and inclusivity. As someone with tribal heritage, I find this decision heartbreaking and infuriating. Senator Ben Toews of Coeur d’Alene claims the initiative will …
POST FALLS: Council should welcome those who served
A government for the people by the people should be representative of those people, should it not? It seems that this is not the case according to some of our Post Falls City officials. Instead, the current vacant …
JUST WATCH: Confirmation hearings show divide
I watched part of the Senate hearings on Pam Bondi. Although I really know very little of her other than being Florida’s last attorney general, she was very impressive during her Senate confirmation hearings.
EDITORIAL: Coeur d'Alene a place that values its past
And that’s why we are delighted to see that two magnificent vault doors were saved from the Johnston Building in downtown Coeur d’Alene that is being demolished this week to make way for Sherman Tower, a 15-story p…
TRUMP: Morbid sense of humor?
If Donald Trump was just kidding about buying Greenland, taking back the Panama Canal, renaming the Gulf of Mexico, making Canada another state, then he has a morbid sense of humor.
FIREWORKS: Respect and Compassion for others — Bottom Line!
In regard to both Mr. Bell’s and Mr. Sanner’s letters re: Fireworks, I am one of those individuals affected by PTSD. I abhor the noise and craziness the ‘sub humans’ partake in throughout the year in Kootenai Count…
FIREWORKS: Legal ones are not the problem
In response to reading of councilor Wood’s solution to the out-of-control fireworks problem, I can only say...you have got to be kidding me. Setting up zones for people to use “safe and sane” (legal) fireworks has …
FIREWORKS: Worse than before
Concerning Chris Willoughby Sr.’s letter published Jan. 15. I grew up in the Spokane Valley and we had SOME fireworks going off in the ’60s and ’70s but nothing like you see today.