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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.
Keep this legislative power in check
Idaho’s Legislature should not be trusted with the power to reactivate itself.
PHD: Questions needing answers
1. If masks are so great preventing COVID virus, why have more than 1,100 Idaho health workers tested positive? Are they not trained for the use of N95 masks? Did these masks fail? Did they use incorrect masks? Are…
THUGS: Give then no quarter
I assume your experiences with coronavirus are similar to mine. I find it almost impossible to have a conversation with friends or family without the discussion being penetrated by thoughts pertaining to COVID-19. …
TRUMP: Leader, not a liar
In response to Sandra Boynton: You call our president “Liar in Chief.” That’s just CNN, MSNBC talking out of your rear end. D.J.T. as you call him has never lied to the American people. That’s the Democrats’ job.
McLANDRESS: Deserves full support
It saddens me to see the lack of support toward Dr. Richard McLandress, PHD board member, for his introduction and yes vote of the Kootenai County mask mandate. Dr. McLandress was my primary care physician for 20-p…
MILLENNIALS: Note to our seniors
Hi there, Baby Boomers. Wanted to introduce myself on behalf of all Millennials and get reacquainted with what seems to be a conversation started off on the wrong foot.
ACUPUNCTURE: Surprisingly helpful
In the fall of 2014, my husband was diagnosed with COPD. After multiple regimens of antibiotics, Prednisone and rescue inhalers, he’d had enough.
COVID-19: Numbers can lie
You can’t believe the numbers. Hospitals record a heart attack as COVID-19 related; a man is killed in a motorcycle accident and it is reported another COVID-19 death; anyone entering a hospital is automatically la…
MASKS: A word to the wise
In response to Kent Wise ‘MASK: Press pro-mask bias’:
ELECTION: Choose best leaders
Patricia Turner’s opinion piece from July 29, “What your Vote Gets,” was concise and an excellent breakdown of the choices between the two candidates for president.
COVID: Possible silver lining
The last time this nation came together was 9/11. And now, again, a horrible situation, COVID, has brought us together again. But this time the threat is throughout our nation and has given everyone a chance to be …
DRAKE: Here’s to her column
Jennifer Drake’s “My Turn” on Saturday was outstanding. She voiced the sentiments of the large segment of our population who are cooperating with efforts to stem the growth of this pandemic. Such a wise, organized …
HEARING: Removed woman speaks out
I am the woman jerked out of the Panhandle Health Board meeting on mandating masks by a macho deputy. I am not an imported or paid protester. What I am is a retired R.N. who moved here 43 years ago. Anyone can stre…
MEN: A call to lead
You can walk into a store “proud.” Proud to be alive; proud to be an American citizen; proud to live in “Idaho;” proud to be born a man (no disrespect to women). “That’s right” all you men out there — beards, hairy…
HIGHWAY 54: Work to be done
Well, here we go again. Lakes Highway District got out their best engineers to resurface Highway 54 thinking this would be OK for the taxpaying public. Well, not so fast.