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…
Trapping emotions
When emotion rules, reason suffers.
Jhung for jhobs
Recruitment and retention are critical components of economic development. But when it comes to more and better jobs, it's hard to beat creation.
Do romance right today
We all make mistakes.
Learning to walk the talk
If you missed Tom Hamilton's front-page column in last Friday's paper, it's well worth looking up.
Make way for jobs
If ever there was a time for single-minded determination and cooperation, it is now.
Register and make your vote count
Rep. Frank Henderson's announcement Saturday that he will not seek a return to the Legislature after this session opened the door not just for Henderson's endorsement of John Chambers, but for the debate over close…
Our kids have what it takes
Say it with us: Darn kids.
XLVIII-gun Seahawk salute
Unless you've got Elway-autographed horseshoes tattooed over your heart or Niner Fever overheating your brain, today is officially North Idaho Seahawks Bandwagon Day.
Local control being tested
There's no need to get up in arms over the proposal to broaden people's ability to carry guns on Idaho university and college campuses.
Focus will win the day
Simple isn't the product of simpletons.
Thrusters on for innovation
Meet Nick Smoot.
Tribute to a flying ace
Somewhere on a not too distant horizon, a horribly sad day looms for America. Someday, our last World War II veteran will die.
Watch out for this pothole
The president of the United States approves, as do, apparently, six out of every 10 Americans. So why are some of us still so wary of legalizing marijuana?
Caught in act of working well
We didn't plan it this way, but in the span of just four weeks, a journalist visited four areas of Kootenai County public service. And no, smarty, the jail wasn't one of them.
Paranoid to the core
Idaho's education committee chairs earn an A for patience and persistence. In their protracted quest to calm concerns about Common Core and Idaho Core Standards, Sen. John Goedde and Rep. Reed DeMordaunt are hostin…