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: Idaho takes vital step toward addressing doctor shortage by expanding medical education
As a family medicine physician in Boise and president and CEO of Full Circle Health, I have dedicated much of my career to enhancing medical education and addressing Idaho’s physician shortage.
TOWN HALL: Lawsuit is frivolous
I read the ridiculous Press article today about the Post Falls Democrat agitator who filed a tort claim in Kootenai County for being removed from a “Town Hall” meeting in February. Reportedly removed after repeated…
MUSEUM: Many hands were involved
Adventure at the museum, where to start?
DEMOCRATS: Focus on your own house
When reading Evan Koch’s Opinion piece, one might think the nation has suddenly stopped following the rule of law. He suggests people are being picked up as they walk to the immigration court. He wonders why a pers…
EDITORIAL: Resignation of trustee was necessary
Elected officials are, and must be, held to a higher level of accountability. Their actions, their words, even in private, are magnified because of the position they hold. They represent the people and to do that s…
BOOK SALE: Raising money this weekend
This weekend, Friends of the Community Library Network are once again holding our annual book sale at the Hayden Library.
ENDORSEMENT: Vote for Bauman
I would like to state my strong support for Victoria Bauman for the Board of Trustees for the Post Falls Public Library on the May ballot. Victoria supports current board efforts to conform library policies to stat…
CLN: What’s cloaked behind irony?
Irony often masks concealed truth.
ENDORSEMENT: Vote for Bauman
Our children are our future, they need to be protected. Remember the adage — garbage in, garbage out? That can be applied to processed food going into your body, profanity heard over the airwaves, or images manifes…
TOWN HALL: What is the meeting sponsor supposed to do?
When you attend a town hall meeting to listen to a speaker and attendees talk back and forth and someone attempts to disrupt the meeting what should the meeting sponsor do? Nothing? Let them rant? Terminate the mee…
ENDORSEMENT: Vote for fire department bond
Since 2005, the city of Coeur d’Alene has funded its fire department’s apparatus and facilities through General Obligation Bonds, not out of the city’s General Fund. The bond in 2005 finished Station 3 and Station …
EDITORIAL: Uniting Idahoans through charitable giving
In a world where we often focus on differences, there are still a few opportunities to unite around a common purpose. Idaho Gives, running from April 28 through May 1, is precisely such an opportunity.
SHERIFF: Accountable for his actions
At the recent Town Hall event, Mr. Norris, who was not wearing his identifiable sheriff’s uniform, was dressed in unidentifiable tactical gear like the other security, not wearing any form of identification, and ca…
ENDORSEMENTS: Choose the opposite
I just received my Official Consolidated Election Ballot. Along with it came the Brent Regan party recommended list.
RESPECT: Something Trump doesn’t understand
There is a 180-degree difference between heavy-handed bullying, threats and fear vs. respect.