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.
OPINION: Turning point's impact on young adult engagement
Two weekends ago, the energy inside the Phoenix Convention Center was electrifying. I had the privilege of joining fellow Idahoans at Turning Point’s 2024 Amer…
MEDICAID: Legislature should leave it alone
The PEOPLE of Idaho, through the essential CITIZEN’S INITIATIVE Process, won Medicaid expansion to provide essential medical care to ALL our residents and citizens in Idaho in 2020.
FIREWORKS: Laws aren’t enforced
In a follow up to Nathan Bells article, Nathan forgot to mention it is against the law in Kootenai County and most cities within the county to use fireworks that are launched 10 feet or higher above the ground.
OPINION: Idaho lawmakers should make it easier for citizens to participate during the session
Ready or not Idaho’s 2025 Legislative Session starts on January 6. Many important policies will be considered ranging from education choice to tax reform. There will also likely be a surprise or two. It is of param…
FIREWORKS: Enough is enough
What is it with you subhumans in this area of Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls and your obsession with fireworks? Every time we turn around there is some simi-conscious half wit lighting off fireworks while drool runs …
PRESS: Community values on display
My wife and I recently moved to Hayden to be close to family and friends. In the short amount of time we have been here we are impressed with the empathizes on strong family, community and political values that are…
COLUMN RESPONSE: Democrats lost
“So, brace yourselves, and resolve now to be part of the solution.”
EDITORIAL: Be cool, the snowplows will come
We believe our cities, districts and others responsible for plowing snow will be working hard and doing their best so we can travel safety.
EDITORIAL: A 2025 without anger is possible. Really.
Somewhere along the line we forgot how to be courteous to those who had a different point of view. We forget we could work with the opposition and even compromise. We forget to care about how someone else felt. We …
GIVERS: Stunt was in bad taste
Maybe I am way off but the fake disability wheelchair and homeless people stunt at WINCO by Tim Remington and John Padula of Altar Church was offensive to me. People who give to the Kettle or the homeless or a dese…
RATINGS: Report unbiased news
There was an interesting article in Friday’s paper, by the Associated Press, in how the viewers have dropped in CNN and MSNBC and increased with FOX. I’m sure if they had done their research a little better, they w…
GIVERS: Article warmed my heart
My heart was warmed by the Christmas Day Press article about Tim and John posing as homeless folks and then generously Blessing those who reached out to them in love.
BUSINESS BITS: Thank you, Nils
Thank you Nils! I wanted to express a big thank you to Nils Rosdahl for his 44 years at the Coeur d’Alene Press and his Business Bits column each Sunday.
BUSINESS BITS: Nils will be missed
Kudos are due to Nils Rosdahl who informed us that after 44 years of writing for The Press that he has written his last Business Bits column.
GOVERNMENT: Oversight is needed
The letter against DOGE, an over site position on the largest business in the United States of America, DOGE will be run by Musk and Ramaswamy two of the largest successful business owners in the USA who are donati…