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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.
DEER AND ELK: Thinning the herd
Since moving to southern end of Unit 5 10 years ago, and spending time in the woods spring, summer and fall, I’ve observed a significant decline in elk and deer signs and well-used trails, and sightings of big game…
MEDICAL RESEARCH: Defunding is a mistake
Everyone is going to suffer once this destruction of research, science-based institutions and medical research is shredded by this administration. For generations.
ENDORSEMENT: Vote for Bauman
Considering the community pushback in 2022 over the managed decline of the Community Library Network by the pre-2022 board, it behooves us to avoid electing trustees with that similar orientation. In the May 2023 e…
TOWN HALL: Shouting caused the rest
Reference to the “town hall incident” Feb. 22. The one where Teresa Borrenpohl shouted from the audience during a town hall hosted by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee.
CHRISTIANS: Bound to uphold civic order
Regarding the letter to the editor from Dolores Welch: While compassion is central to Christian teaching, we must also heed Jesus’ instruction in Mark 12:17: “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God…
TAX AIDE: Another successful season
TAX AIDE is a free tax information and preparation service staffed by volunteers in Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Rathdrum and Kellogg. This past tax season, TAX AIDE volunteers prepared over 5,000 returns for local r…
NORTH IDAHO: Time to stop growing
When do we get to vote on if this area is at maximum capacity? I’m not wanting to keep anybody out but if you haven’t noticed influx of apartment bldg after apartment bldg where green grass prairie was or pine tree…
IMMIGRANTS: Fellow members of God’s family
Seeing Governor Little sing praises to the new law he is trying to pass on immigration; it makes my heart hurt for the immigrants and the way they are being unjustly treated.
ENDORSEMENT: Vote for Lippert
Michelle Lippert has been a professor, served on the Post Falls School Board and is a “lifelong supporter of public libraries.” She wants to restore parental rights, and access to books for all walks of life. Those…
ENDORSEMENT: Vote for Lippert
I feel it is my duty as a citizen of this community to endorse a candidate that I feel strongly about: Michelle Lippert.
LEGISLATURE: They keep telling us what to do
Did our legislators do a good job? Example: The library bill is vague which allows multiple interpretations. It is meant to remove books deemed “harmful to minors.” Who makes that decision? Anyone from the communit…
EDITORIAL: A time of renewal
This weekend, as families gather to celebrate Easter, many will notice a familiar harbinger of spring: Rathdrum Mountain standing nearly free of snow.
ENDORSEMENT: Vote for Lippert
The 1st Amendment is first for a reason. “The Congress shall make NO law…. abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…” Our intellectual freedom is CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED without restriction.
PROTEST: Being idle is not an option
I was proud to be part of the protest on April 5. I was heartened to be among so many likeminded people. I think many of us at the protest here, and those held across the county, were astounded by the number of peo…
REPUBLICANS: An apparent loss of memory
A few weeks ago The Press published a letter from an individual quite concerned at how rude the Democrats were for not standing or applauding Trump when he spoke to the nation. Guess that poor individual had suffer…