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SUFFER: The little children
The oldest areas in our local cemeteries reveal the human story of white man’s early days in this part of the country in a way no history book could truly describe. A visitor there is struck by the number of small …
Press editorial: Mayor's fiscal sense isn't contagious, alas
Coeur d’Alene Mayor Steve Widmyer did his homework and correctly answered the $63,000 question Wednesday during ignite cda’s budget hearing.
INCUMBENTS: Why vote for any of them?
Congress has a recent acceptance rating of 2 to 3 percent. In spite of being in the majority, they’re noted for ‘not’ standing up for conservative issues.
GROWTH: At what cost?
Look north of just about every Interstate 90 exit from Spokane eastward and new apartments are going up.
Great events take great people
Oh, Coeur d’Alene.
FOREIGN POLICY: It's lacking
Many Democrats label the Iraq War as “Bush’s War,” however, the initiative was reviewed and approved by the Bush Administration, Congress and a coalition of 13 member nations. Hillary Clinton was a member of Congre…
KINDNESS: Random and welcome
I was in a store on Ironwood Wednesday here in Coeur d’Alene, when an older man came into the store. After being asked by the salesperson if he needed any help, he said, “No, I’m looking for someone who maybe just …
GRATITUDE: Four-wheeler heroes
On July 9, I had a misfortunate accident picking huckleberries. I fell about 20 feet and wedged myself between the car and the mountain bank, I ended up breaking both shoulders and my femur. My niece was with me, b…
HEALTH CARE: Get out the wheelchairs
My 91-year-old father just returned from a week of fishing at a remote cabin on the Alaskan coast with some dear friends. When he’s not off traveling, he spends 8-plus hours a day working in his 4-acre yard, keepin…
HILLARY: Not perfect, but she'll win
I’m writing in reference to Vonda Kerr’s letter about Hillary Clinton. I moved to Coeur d’Alene a year ago and retired after 30 years of nursing.
Time out! A dose of inspiration
The Internet and airwaves overflow with stress and stupidity. Our times call for truth, togetherness, toughness and wisdom. Instead, we get misinformation. We get anger. We get fear. We get a headache. We get heart…
KHAN: Needs Hillary in the White House
Khizr Khan used his position as a father of a Gold Star Family to bait Donald Trump and encourage veterans to disassociate with and demean Trump. He openly accused Trump of sacrificing nothing for his country there…
THE L-WORD: No longer PC
In our age of political correctness, politicians don’t lie, they just make statements that are factually inaccurate.
NRA: Beholden to no one
The hysterical reaction to Donald Trump’s statement “That, maybe the second amendment people, can do something about it,” was not directed at Donald Trump, but at the N.R.A., as everyone knows we are “The Second Am…
DIRT BIKE TRACK: More to the story
I am responding to the article, “Dirt bike track dispute revs up,” published on Aug. 6. I was the only one interviewed of the 34+ rural property owners who are unable to have the full use and enjoyment of their lan…