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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER: The people who hold communities together
Starting June 15, nominations will open for local Weaver recognition and community grants. The nomination period w…
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…
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…
Tax, tax, tax - then tax some more
If you haven’t personally felt the warm rays of economic health shining on your shoulders, just look around. Evidence is everywhere, nowhere more clearly than with the fresh-framed skeletons of new construction.
Take action against distraction
Distracted drivers are the real zombie apocalypse. Mobile Mayhem now showing on a street near you.
The glass that defines your America
The presidential election may come down to what kind of America a majority of voters see.
Vote for a great election day
Kootenai County Elections workers were thrilled to see 8,144 residents register to vote in one day.
Parking paradise? Well, almost
We Americans love our cars, and we have a God-given right to park them wherever and whenever we want. It’s in the Constitution, isn’t it?
Otherwise, life could drive you nuts
Pray for the best.
A clearer path to prosperity
Coeur d’Alene’s world-class beauty masks a very ugly truth.
Hercules to the rescue
Leave it to Hercules to do the heavy lifting.
Root out the rotten regulations
You might think builders would know how many trees you can squeeze into a small parcel. You might also think that businesses would know best if they should make room for employees or customers to park their bicycle…
Next year, a whimper might do it
After all the work that went into putting on a spectacular fireworks show July 4th, here’s the stinky dud in the water bucket: Negative $9,000. Unofficially, that’s the difference between what was raised and what w…
Fireworks over cemetery policies
The city of Coeur d’Alene made two mistakes in its handling of some visitors on the Fourth of July.
Let's begin with an honest, painful admission
The late writer and lecturer Lois Mark Stalvey, in her later years, taught a course on racism at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. She opened every class with a simple but stunning declaration: “I am a raci…
Our schools need your best counsel
Coeur d’Alene and likely other school districts in North Idaho are facing a quiet crisis.