Editorial
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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…
How to fix Hitching Post issue
We can point fingers, trade insults and throw copies of the U.S. Constitution at one another.
Frankly, he's a Hall of a guy
The guy is 91, and he runs circles around some 19-year-olds we know.
Damn the scammers
We don't know if the Hayden woman was merely an intended target or an actual victim, but her story of yet another scam caught our attention.
Melt some cold hearts
Homeless people make most of us uncomfortable. It's just a fact.
An immodest higher-ed proposal
Most of us can agree that a college education is more important than ever as Americans compete in an increasingly challenging global marketplace.
Environment, economy can co-exist
Let's acknowledge something right up front. Many of the Idahoans pleading for fewer governmental regulations have a vested interest in what that would mean to them: More money.
Exposing a sick society
You can pick sides on hotly disputed issues like global warming, gay marriage, chemtrails and pro football. We'll happily publish your written opinion on these pages, even if you're a warming denier or a 49ers fan.
A walk leads to revelation
Nobody's going to confuse "A Walk in Autumn's Mist" with "Jonathan Livingston Seagull," but this literary stroll takes readers to similarly beautiful places.
Here come your candidates
Political eyes today will be zeroing in on the gubernatorial showdown at the Coeur d'Alene library. Thanks to the Coeur Group, the top three challengers for Idaho governor will square off at high noon before what p…
The best step forward
Millennials have been maligned.
Banned ignorance
Now that Banned Book Week 2014 has concluded, we've got something to say.
Yes, authors speak, too
For this reader, Jess Walter could do no wrong. Not far into his novel "Beautiful Ruins" he had mentioned the University of Arizona, the Chicago Cubs and Sandpoint, with a delightful smattering of naughty Scottish …
The deer dilemma continues
They poison deer, don't they?
A tale of two professionals
This is the story of a teacher and a cop.
Men need pink power, too
Unless you're that one in every seven men afflicted by prostate cancer - or someone very close to one of those guys - the words that follow probably won't mean much.