Opinion
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ELECTION: An invasion of privacy
I wondered why I received information from the Reagan Republican candidates asking me to vote absentee, now I understand why. It was so they could look at my ballot and target me and now apparently my neighbors. Wh…
SCHOOLS: Let the healing begin
I wanted to thank the many people who participated in the great democratic process of voting in the recent school board election. Local elections are where government is closest to the people and where individual v…
Sights and sounds of winner
With a preliminary written test out of the way yesterday, the first two rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee take place today in Washington, D.C.
ELECTION: Dirty tactics, kids lose
Poor Jeff Ward, he got blindsided in Coeur d’Alene. Now you know how Julie Hunt and Dave Paul felt. Two dedicated parents and community members who care about the future of our schools and the students, displaced b…
STROKES: Know the danger signs
May is National Stroke Awareness Month. Stroke is no joke. Every 40 seconds in the United States someone is stricken by stroke, the chief cause of adult disability and the third leading cause of death.
BLOOD: Truly, a gift of life
Tuesday was a good day. The sun was out and I felt good enough to stand in the sun for a few minutes and enjoy the spring flowers. All thanks to wonderful people I have never met. They gave blood to the blood bank.
STUDENTS: Let's keep it green
Our community seems to be ignoring some environmental issues that have a heavy impact on our ecosystem.
HONORED: Flight deeply appreciated
I was one of the many World War II veterans who made the Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C. I wish to thank all who made this trip possible for us: The many volunteers, the goodie bags from Rosauers, the T-shirt…
OFFER: They will break bread
Jimmy Pappas, I was in the midst of writing my response to your last letter when I was alerted to check the editorial in Wednesday’s Coeur d’Alene Press. There I discovered our names. Is this the 15 minutes of fame…
LEGACY: Not all on Sandi's plate
This is in response to Laurie Lyons letter to the editor: I didn’t read Terry Beckford’s My Turn, but if it is anything like your letter, I didn’t miss much.
A summer of discontent
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial launching point for summer. There's a very good chance this summer will be one of the most memorable in Coeur d'Alene's history - and not in a good way.
TRAIL: It's not a city landfill
I am a concerned citizen of the city of Coeur d’Alene about the lack of maintenance between Ramsey Park and the Prairie Trail, once the Prairie Trail was developed, after the completion of the Kroc Center, the area…
MARATHON: Cheer away, Cd'A!
We all know that Coeur d’Alene is a special place: beautiful, first and foremost, but just slightly less obvious is a terrific mosaic of the grand, the practical, cowboy and chic, loud and whisper quiet. To swipe a…
Another election looms
Take your pick why local elections came out the way they did this week.
AGENDA: Learn and oppose it
In the “letters” section of Saturday’s “The Press” (May 18), Sharon Rogers wrote an emphatic, revealing personal endorsement of Brent Regan’s current political candidacy. At the end of her letter she asked, “BY THE…