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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.
OIL CONTAINMENT: Is it worth spending $250K?
Reading with interest the Higgins Point dozer leak story.
NIC: Three trustees are driven by fear
Finally. After all of the misdirection, all of the redirection, all of the gaslighting, Brent Regan tells us why the KCRCC and the three trustees have taken over NIC.
SYMPOSIUM COVERAGE: Adler got it wrong
I found the front-page article “Holding onto hope for NIC, Kootenai County” a joke and a misleading attempt to misinform the readers.
REGAN: Why can’t he see what’s happening?
Does Brent Regan truly believe the NIC campus is an “incubator for communists” and that the Coeur d’Alene population may soon begin to “eat nearby zoo animals?” Or that liberal politics is causing the debacle at NI…
REGAN: His goal is indoctrination
It became clear after reading Brent Regan’s recent diatribe that he believes everyone except his far right extremists are “liberals.”
GOOD NEIGHBORS: Something to value
Is Mayberry really dead? While giving public testimony at the Feb. 21 City Council Meeting on the topic of preserving city of Coeur d’Alene neighborhoods, an individual I will refer to as NK made comments on the ci…
NIC: Swayne should work out a settlement
Starting with what has happened since last May…
SCHOOL LEVIES and BONDS: Vote no
Presently, our local public schools provide a future for the minority of students who commit themselves to Advanced Placement (AP) courses while 70/80% are left poorly educated — for life.
CDA SCHOOL LEVIES: Vote yes
For the past 37 years we have renewed the supplemental levy for the Coeur d’Alene School District.
BOYCOTTS: Not good for community
This community cannot afford to have boycotts of our businesses.
CDA SCHOOL LEVIES: A student asks, ‘please vote yes’
The levy is approaching on March 14, and it is crucial to helping our students. Many just focus on the educational aspects and the curriculum of schooling, but the environment in which students learn is even more i…
CDA SCHOOL LEVIES: Vote yes
As our community considers the upcoming levy vote for the Coeur d’Alene School District, one question I have heard many times is “Why doesn’t the school district restrict its budget to state provided funds?”
STUDENT LOANS: There’s more to it than debt
Here’s my 2 cents on student loans. I hear people say they made the debt and they should pay it.
NIC: Ask why?
I love North Idaho. In my opinion, the magnificent scenery, endless outdoor activities and the vast majority of folks who reside here are second to none.
UKRAINE: A war America doesn’t need
Ukraine is not our war and we don’t belong there financially or militarily. Six months after the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, Russia invades Ukraine and Biden turns on the money faucet.