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Editorial

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Updated 4 months ago

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…

Updated 10 years, 9 months ago
Try this resolution on for size

Just in case you ran out, here’s a suggested resolution. Together, let’s strive to be better citizens in 2016.

Updated 10 years, 9 months ago
The best Christmas present: You

The effort to raise $170,000 through Press Christmas for All, to help more than 2,000 Kootenai County families and nearly 7,000 individuals this holiday season, was massive. Fueled by a strong desire to do good — a…

Updated 10 years, 9 months ago
Make the best possible memories

Here’s our Christmas wish list for you:

Updated 10 years, 10 months ago
A final act of kindness

Merry Christmas from First Christian Church!

Updated 10 years, 10 months ago
Here's a tip for our customers

Baby, it’s cold out there.

Updated 10 years, 10 months ago
How to replace a president

Joe Dunlap will have filled the North Idaho College president’s shoes for four years when he retires next June 30, but he was much more than a placeholder for the next prez. One of the good things he’s done is give…

Updated 10 years, 10 months ago
How to blow away the Christmas blues

If this is the most wonderful time of the year, why doesn’t it always feel quite so wonderful?

Updated 10 years, 10 months ago
People the kids can look up to

Twenty people donated $50,000 each.

Updated 10 years, 10 months ago
Editorial: Voters should decide tuition proposal

Smokers feel picked on, and rightfully so. In many quarters, they’re perceived as second-class citizens, addicts with a filthy habit whose right to smoke now seemingly extends no farther than their own personal pro…

Updated 10 years, 10 months ago
Let voters decide tuition proposal

Smokers feel picked on, and understandably so. In many quarters, they’re perceived as second-class citizens, addicts with a filthy habit whose right to smoke now seemingly extends no further than their own personal…

Updated 10 years, 10 months ago
What to do with all that money

‘Tis the season for charity.

Updated 10 years, 10 months ago
Press editorial: Thanks for stuffing hatred

A little gratitude goes a long way.

Updated 10 years, 10 months ago
Let science rule over sentiment

Tons of waste from a century of mining in the Silver Valley now reside on the floor of Lake Coeur d’Alene. That’s a fact nobody denies.

Updated 10 years, 11 months ago
Schools can help reverse voter apathy trends

The young woman working in a Coeur d’Alene business was listening to a conversation among customers on Nov. 4. She wore a puzzled expression.

Updated 10 years, 11 months ago
Words to live - and die - by

You might be listening a while before hearing many words of wisdom from Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton.