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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 11 years, 4 months ago
At last, it's East Sherman

When folks get together one week from tonight, practicality and ideology are almost certain to clash.

Updated 11 years, 4 months ago
Let's pretend it's summer

Summer is still technically a month distant, but when it comes to Memorial Day weekend, who's worried about technicalities?

Updated 11 years, 4 months ago
Climbing the election mountain

If you're disappointed with the turnout of Tuesday's elections, think of it another way. Think of it as a warm-up.

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Vote 'yes' on Cd'A safety bond

As a community, we're just coming out the other end of one of the most painful tunnels we've ever traversed together. Compassion and support for local first responders is at or near an all-time high. If they were g…

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
War of the ages - and the wages

Hand it to Anne Nesse: She puts her energy where others' low wages are.

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
You're invited to a talk about guns

Anybody here interested in the Second Amendment?

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Sorrow on Mother's Day

Forgive us if Mother's Day this year doesn't cheer the heart as it normally does.

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Here's why NIC's budget matters to you

The Press recently completed two weeks of phone surveying, talking to more than 300 subscribers about front-page stories in the newspaper. Of all the stories published on Page 1 in that span, one showed an alarming…

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Who's that you're sleeping with?

Suppose you're a card-carrying conservative who would have a hard time deciding which evil is greater - Obamacare or Common Core.

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Big win for local mental health

Saving lives and saving money.

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
To Frank: A life well lived

Only a few weeks into his new job, the editor of this newspaper had just published a controversial column. That was late 2001, and Frank Henderson stopped by his office without an appointment.

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
CHS students win hearts, praise

Forget Fight for the Fish.

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
For Jobs Plus, a beautiful day

To have all three Jobs Plus leaders in one big room was perhaps the best part of Thursday's Jobs Plus annual meeting.

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Closer to Mayberry than to Ferguson

Under that bullet-proof vest, Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Lee White is a fierce law enforcer.

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Governor steps up for Pend Oreille

Well done, Governor.