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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.
ELECTION: Vote to protect public schools
With HB 93, Idaho’s public school funding has been gutted — redirecting our tax dollars away from public schools and into private programs that lack transparency, accountability, and equal access. And who pays the …
POST FALLS: Time for new leadership
I read Carole Harwood’s letter and couldn’t agree more that our Post Falls city needs new leadership.
DERUYTER: Candidate a caring neighbor
Bill Deruyter is my neighbor. He is a highly qualified candidate for the Sub District 3 Fire Commissioner for the Northern Lakes Fire Protection District. But more than that, he is a man with integrity, ingrained w…
NO KINGS: Counter-protest unaccounted for
I find it interesting in regard to the 1,000 attending the No Kings protest that, of all the people attending that an 85-year-old woman is picked out. Her story is published first to pull on the reader’s heartstrin…
NO KINGS: Kudos for coverage
Kudos to The Press and to reporter Haley Hill for coverage of Saturday’s No Kings Rally.
NO KINGS: Pro-Life crowd snubbed
I noticed the protesters for the “No Kings” nonsense got front page coverage, just like the “Hands Off” (Hands off what, I don’t know? ) protesters did.
NO KINGS: Protest is Orwellian
The blindness, hypocrisy or spiritual depravity of the No Kings folks is astounding. The use of Orwellian newspeak is almost admirable, almost. The No Kings effort is clearly an anti-Trump messaging vehicle, suppor…
Rathdrum project an example of responsible growth
RADIO: Local AM spews hate and lies
I find the radio hosts on the AM stations broadcasted here to be so condescending and hateful.
WAR: Renaming the department a mistake
Have our current leaders not learned anything from our history of prolonged wars in foreign lands, beginning with Vietnam?
LOFFMAN: Shares city’s values
She’s exactly the kind of steady, responsible voice the regular people of Coeur d’Alene need.
HAUG: The leader Post Falls deserves
I witnessed firsthand the kind of leader Scot is — one with the highest levels of integrity, professionalism, and character.
PROTEST: Gives president no credit
Albeit the president was elected by a commanding majority of the peoples vote as well as Electoral College: many find it difficult to accept the outcome, and continue to bash the president, giving no credit for the…
GOOKIN: Wrong for Cd’A mayor
I served as the Coeur d’Alene city attorney from 2002-2022. I feel compelled to comment on Dan Gookin’s campaign signs boasting of his “Proven Leadership.”
SHUTDOWN: Put the American people first
“Business as usual” for this regime while thousands of federal workers are laid off or fired. Those responsible could care less about government inertia.