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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 12 years, 4 months ago
Bring on the next tech center

Big questions still need to be answered - apparently, in the next few weeks. But North Idaho College's leadership is answering the biggest of them all: "What are you doing to provide technical training for good job…

Updated 12 years, 4 months ago
A word to you graduates

When you've crested the hill and one day find yourself gently braking on the downhill side, you have a tendency to look back. You think something foreboding is following you. And you're right.

Updated 12 years, 4 months ago
Sandpoint's scintillating solar system

The road to Sandpoint becoming North Idaho's intellectual and economic capital could be paved with hexagon-shaped solar panels.

Updated 12 years, 4 months ago
The gift of good jobs

Almost nine years ago, Steve and Judy Meyer donated $1 million to North Idaho College. It was - and still is - the largest single donation in the college's 80-plus year history.

Updated 12 years, 4 months ago
Season of electoral intrigue

You can attribute Tuesday's local primary election results to any or all of the following:

Updated 12 years, 4 months ago
Big hug for McEuen

With McEuen Park ready to fling open its arms in official fashion Saturday, be prepared to utter the following three statements:

Updated 12 years, 4 months ago
Staying out of the mud

You were warned.

Updated 12 years, 5 months ago
Yep, it's a big deal

Like Rick Rasmussen, the ad was hard to miss.

Updated 12 years, 5 months ago
Warning: It could get crazy

The Press editorial department extends its appreciation to the many political candidates and their supporters who this week have reminded us that logic goes out the window in the homestretch of campaign season.

Updated 12 years, 5 months ago
Do your part, people

Today is the last day you can request an absentee ballot, Kootenai County voters. And Friday is the last day you can vote early by going into the Elections Office at 1808 N. Third St. in Coeur d'Alene's midtown.

Updated 12 years, 5 months ago
And now, let us pray

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Monday sanctioning prayer before open government meetings didn't pass the smell test of the Constitution's Establishment Clause, according to scholar David Adler. But Adler, who deli…

Updated 12 years, 5 months ago
What's a good teacher worth?

It's national Teacher Appreciation Week, and we're reminded that in all the free world, no pursuit is more noble.

Updated 12 years, 5 months ago
Here come the candidates

Not everybody knows who's running for what this spring, let alone why it even matters. We hope to help clear up both those points.

Updated 12 years, 5 months ago
Magnetic McEuen

You could ask, but you wouldn't get anything better.

Updated 12 years, 5 months ago
We're all Sean and Meghan

This editorial is about Sean Michael Daly, about Parkinson's disease, and about the people who attended Sean's memorial service last Thursday.