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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: To tackle the student mental health crisis, we all need to step up
The statistics for suicide in Idaho are glaring, and when you know that each data point represents a child and a grieving family, they are tragic. Our statewide, open discussions about suicide awareness, prevention…
JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY: Prefer trained professionals
I greatly appreciated Deborah Rose’s piece on journalist integrity in last Friday’s opinion section of The Press. Since the advent of the internet and the World Wide Web we now have immediate access to all kinds of…
REILLY and IFF: Never heard of them
In response to Beverly Cain’s letter Dec. 15. She hit the nail on the head. That’s exactly what the so-called article on Reilly and the IFF was, a political hit piece on Republicans.
RANKED CHOICE VOTING: Votes always go to the Democrats
If you want to become California or New York, vote for Ranked Choice Voting. James Fillmore, in his letter, conveniently left out the reason the top Democrat got more votes. The Democrat party in the Alaskan electi…
EXTREMISTS: Let them speak for themselves
Re ‘MAGA and Hit Piece’: Both are correct. The values of MAGA are what Republicans have always represented. MAGA is used as an expletive because it originated with Trump who Progressives hate.
TAX BILLS: Late fee?
Looks like the Assessor’s office is at it again. Can someone explain to my why there is a .50 cent late fee on my property tax bill?
BIDEN CHRISTMAS VIDEO: ‘Disgusting and bizarre’
Did anyone happen to see that freak show of Jill Biden’s so-called Christmas video production of ‘Hunger Games’ at the White House?
EDITORIAL: Help neighbors like Bob and Virginia did
Please give generously to Press Christmas for All
DAVE REILLY: North Idaho Rejects Hate shirt at Pride in the Park
Did you recognize the salmon-colored T-shirt Reilly was wearing in his photo on the front page of Tuesday’s Coeur d’Alene Press?
‘G-1’: A movie review
“Godzilla Minus One” is not a typical Japanese Giant Monster (“Kaiju”) flick. It is nothing less than proof that today’s movies can still be great.
UNSIGHTLY ON SELTICE: And dangerous
I am writing about a sight I am forced to see every time I drive on Seltice Way to leave or get back home. The space is on eastbound Seltice, which I am surprised that the few neighbors have not complained about to…
CITIZEN OF THE YEAR: Honor for Adams
Kudos to the Greater Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce for selecting my husband and partner for the last 32 years, John Adams, as 2023 Citizen of the Year. We could not be prouder. Together John and I combined our …
RANKED CHOICE VOTING: The facts of what happened in Alaska
In response to Mr. Rockford’s statements about the 2022 Alaska House District 31, the facts are as follows. A Democratic candidate got elected over the two Republicans who collectively received more votes in the fi…
GARCIA: Thank you for leaving
Ms. Garcia I applaud you for going back to San Francisco. You seem much happier there than your time appeared to be in Idaho. You did not mention what interested you enough to move here in the first place. I would …
EDITORIAL: The gift that keeps on taking
Thanks yet again to KCRCC for its rated-and-vetted disasters