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.
OPINION: All the bills?: IFF files, Part 3
During my eight years serving in the Idaho Senate, one issue was always a top priority for our Republican members: Right to Life. Every year we tried to protec…
NIC: What are the motives of those sinking the ship?
A beautiful white ship has been sailing across splendid blue sears for many years. Recently, however, torpedoes have been fired at this magnificent ship. Perhaps the final torpedo is about to sink this ship into an…
ATTACK ON LIBRARIES: ‘About social control’
I appreciated the Coeur d’Alene Press covering the chaos of the last Community Library Network board meeting. However, it left open the idea that all sides were instigators, which is not true. As I was repeatedly i…
COEUR TERRE: Don’t connect Woodside Avenue
This letter is in regard to the Coeur Terre Development. My wife and I have lived at the end of Woodside Avenue for more than eight years now and have been a resident of Kootenai County for more than 32 years. We o…
COEUR TERRE: Reconsider access
To the Coeur d’Alene City Council: This is one last plea before Tuesday’s council meeting to reconsider allowing Coeur Terre access through the Coeur d’Alene neighborhoods of Northshire and Indian Meadows.
PLANNING EXPERTS: ‘Growth first/infrastructure later mentality’
The Coeur d’Alene area seems to have lots of experts helping the area grow and develop like P&Z committees, KMPO and CDA Vision 2030. The biggest flaw I see in all these groups is their acquiescence to a growth fir…
CDA LEVIES: Permanent levy removes voting privilege
Coeur d’Alene School District 271 is asking you to vote for a permanent levy that will be on every future tax bill you receive. Normally a supplemental levy ends and a new one is voted on every few years. The Coeur…
QUESTION: Why home school?
Regarding the front-page item titled “Library Allies” on Feb. 14 with comments from Emily Christopherson and Angela Drewien.
EDITORIAL: PRESS ENDORSEMENT: Vote 'yes' twice for Lakeland requests
Ballot approval will keep good things going.
WATER CONTAMINANTS: Follow the hazard
The news media is quick to show us the toxic waste in the creek running through East Palestine, Ohio, from the rail derailment, but no one is following through with the potential hazard.
DAYTON: Stopped reading after Biden comments
Reading Ron Dayton’s letter promoting Shelton Whitehouse’s candidacy for president published Feb. 19.
COEUR d’ALENE LEVIES: Vote yes
We need the members of this community to support the two Coeur d’Alene levy requests on the March 14 ballot. Supporting public education is critical for the future of our community and our children. An educated chi…
POST FALLS LEVY: Vote yes
I am the mother of three homeschooled children. My children have never attended a single day at a brick-and-mortar school. Yet, I am in support of the Post Falls school levy.
COEUR d’ALENE LEVY: Vote no
Assistant Superintendent Mike Nelson said this levy represents the values of our community. Does our schools really represent community values? District 271 is a member of the Idaho School Boards Association. On Ju…
REGAN: ‘Not productive commentary’
Brent Regan’s Lincoln Day recap of the speech by congressional bomb thrower Marjorie Taylor Greene included the following: “her sensational headline comments regarding Jan. 6 have often been denounced, but if one i…