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.
KMPO: Discourages citizen participation
It appears that KMPO took measures to discourage citizen participation at its Post Falls “open house” on Thursday.
TESH: Walk-out due to current leadership
In regard to Bill Buley’s article, “Tough times for Tesh,” the article concludes incorrectly with the assumption that pay was the reason for the mass walk-out of Tesh in the past few weeks. I was one who walked out…
OPINION: Prescribed burns on federal lands would mitigate extreme fire seasons
As a former wildland firefighter for four years (2008-11), peak fire season would migrate north in late summer, to our district in Eastern Oregon, but the crit…
LABRADOR: Actions should scare us all
Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador, along with 18 other State AGs have signed and mailed a letter to the Biden administration. In the letter, they are seeking the right to obtain medical records of women who obta…
ROAD WORK: Thank you to the crews
I want to express a giant thank you for all of the construction crews who are risking life and limb to perform what may seem to them like a thankless and endless job of repairing our roadways. I hear so many compla…
Where there's smoke, there's firefighters
Press expresses thanks for those now risking their lives in Kootenai County
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OPINION: Left-wing propaganda divisive and destructive
It is no secret that we are experiencing serious right-wing extremism statewide and particularly in Kootenai County and the other Panhandle counties. The political success of the right-wing ideologues is quite evid…
OPEN SPACE: County parks and recreation plan needed
We all know that the citizens of Kootenai County believe in and support parks and open space. The city’s have acquired thousands of acres of open space and have completed master plans for the development and manage…
GRATITUDE: For unknown good Samaritan
On Thursday, July 27, about 10:45 a.m., my husband, myself and our 4-year-old son were riding bikes on the trail around Riverstone Park. We turned down a hill (we hadn’t been in that area in quite a while and I was…
EDITORIAL: This is why you can't define a library
Public libraries are much, much more than books and programs.
OPINION: Do you identify as a Republican?
If you identify as a Republican, are you aware that the authoritarian faction of the local and state Republican Party has created great instability in our government institutions through this group’s obsession with…
HOUSING: Zoning system is adding to crisis
Kootenai County is in need of a significant increase in housing units to meet the current demand. Less than 20 percent of local households can afford to buy a home, and the majority of home sales come from nonresid…
LIBRARY NETWORK: Don’t impose religious beliefs on others
Keep your religion out of our libraries, please. If you don’t want to utilize the library on Sunday because of your religious beliefs, that is fine. However, as an elected trustee, you do not have the right to impo…
DEMOCRACY, REPUBLIC and PLEDGE: More info on mob rule
A July 30 letter writer leans heavily on the word “republic” to describe our nation, in contrast with “democracy.” The writer further describes Democrats as preferring mob rule, while the Republicans prefer an orde…