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…
A horror story unfolds
It didn't take long for comparisons to be drawn between Eldon Samuel III and Harvey Spencer Stephens.
Pry open the pay vault, peer inside
Coeur d'Alene Mayor Steve Widmyer is doing what he said he would do.
Urgent warning to employers
An insidious two-hour virus is headed to Kootenai County today, a plague of pandemic proportions.
Back bill for jobs
Idaho is about to be better positioned to compete in the ferocious market for good jobs.
Hunger takes no holidays
You've got Christmas in the distant rear-view mirror and spring, bless its gorgeous green heart, dead ahead.
The game of higher ed
Don't bet against new University of Idaho President Chuck Staben when he takes on all comers in racquetball.
The upside of budget cuts
Community colleges do best when the economy goes bust.
Alas, they learn from us
A guy in the locker room was trying to pull a T-shirt over the bulge of his belly. When the wrestling match eventually was won by the man, spectators could see that the front of the T-shirt read, "The older I get..…
Vitamins for our economy
It has been a rotten week for joblessness in Kootenai County.
Young and very professional
Just when you feel like it's time for a wake, along comes an awakening.
Why jobs scorecard is so fuzzy
Transparency is a fierce watchdog. Unleashed, it's a great friend to taxpayers and the general public.
Seniors in the spotlight
There's an old joke in the newspaper business that "the readers always write."
Editorial: Put gay service policy in writing
We're not exactly sure where freedom of religion ends and freedom from religion begins.
The bigger game at NIC
Someday Al Williams will be in the North Idaho College Sports Hall of Fame.
A gun bill for everyone
After sailing through committee and then the full Senate, there's no question a bill to allow guns on Idaho college campuses is going to be approved by the Idaho Legislature.