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.
TRAFFIC CAMERAS: Growth issues need to be addressed
For the last couple of weeks there have been more than a few news articles, LTEs and My Turn columns addressing the installation of more traffic cameras in Kootenai County.
LIBRARY NETWORK: Can’t decide which day is Sabbath
My LTE on May 19 (my neighbors voted to destroy the best thing in Kootenai County) has come to fruition. We now know that the new board members want their god involved in all decisions made for our Community Librar…
LIBRARY NETWORK: What about other Sunday businesses?
If members of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee (looking at you, Board Chair Rachelle Ottosen) feel we should close the libraries on Sundays to “honor the Sabbath” and “not dishonor God,” perhaps we …
REZONE: In best interest of the Tribe
Idaho counties, via the county commissioners, have the authority to zone and regulate all county land status on behalf of, and for the benefit of county residents.
EDITORIAL: Prairie proposal is a critical game of thirds
County, buyers and sellers all are needed to preserve vanishing prairielands
TRAFFIC CAMERAS: Red flags spark concerns
TRAFFIC CAMERAS: Red flags spark concerns
TRAFFIC CIRCLES: Etiquette needed
TRAFFIC CIRCLES: Etiquette needed
LIBRARY NETWORK: Faith calls for doing good on Sabbath
LIBRARY NETWORK: Faith calls for doing good on Sabbath
DEMOCRACY: ‘Where the mob rules’
DEMOCRACY: ‘Where the mob rules’
LIBRARY BOARD: Religious justifications ‘appalling’
LIBRARY BOARD: Religious justifications ‘appalling’
EDITORIAL: Avoid another legal misstep, NIC trustees
This is no time to hire the wrong lawyer.
OPINION: County commissioners colluding with the Tribe?
That’s the allegation made by retired Brigadier General Blaine Holt in his July 20 CDA Press My Turn piece titled, “Theft by any other name is still theft.” In…
CLARK: Left-wing viewpoints?
A recent letter by Wylie Clark accuses The Press of “left-wing view points.” The writer suggests that the idea of a person who has “no experience in the job” and “isn’t really sure what the job entails” applies to …
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION: ‘A disaster’
In case you haven’t noticed recently the price of gasoline is back to $4 a gallon. Before Joe Biden took office gas here in Coeur d’Alene was $1.98 a gallon. Energy costs went up when the Biden Administration annou…
SAUSSER: Gave much to the community
I was saddened to hear of Don Sausser’s passing over the weekend. Don was a true friend of the Coeur d’Alene community. He devoted countless hours and years supporting NIC Athletics and Performing Arts and numerous…