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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…
Local arts at crossroads
Art in all its forms is an integral ingredient in quality of life, but it is not a bare essential or an entitlement guaranteed a long and happy existence.
Hope for the young
Mike Ruskovich put his politics on a shelf and crafted a timely, valuable column (A 'senior' teacher's tips for parents) published in Wednesday's Press. We would like to add one bullet point to Mr. Ruskovich's list:
Answering the local call
There is something enduring about donating to a national or even international charity, particularly if it involves devastation from weather-related events, abject poverty or other far-reaching tragedy. To give wil…
Last call for local stars
The North Idaho Business Journal is looking for the best and the brightest business people, with one other caveat: They've gotta be young.
Teachers' friend steps forward
He's politically conservative, he voted to kill the allegedly liberal International Baccalaureate and Primary Years Programme in the Coeur d'Alene School District, and he served less than a full year as an appointe…
Blair's gift worth sharing
Maybe you didn't know Timothy Blair Willison, the young Coeur d'Alene man who died recently from injuries sustained in a car crash.
Fire it up, Eagles
Everybody loves a cookout.
Service center stage
A North Idaho town will soon get a boost from a bunch of friends it probably never knew it had.
Art fans, here you go
This is no time for Mother Nature to mess with one of the region's most popular summer rituals. But what can you do besides bring an umbrella and mumble a little bit?
The book on Maj
One of North Idaho's bright lights was snuffed on Friday.
Confront the union question
Kootenai County doesn't have one. Neither does Post Falls. Or Hayden. Or Rathdrum, Spirit Lake and Athol.
Fiscal priorities upside down
From a dollars and cents perspective, the public sector - that's government, ranging from the city employee mowing the park grass near your home to IRS agents in Washington, D.C. - should reflect the realities of t…
A tribute to the season
Lazy days of summer? Whoever coined that term didn't live in North Idaho.
Event center disaster warning
If Coeur d'Alene is ever going to have an event center, the time isn't now and Riverstone certainly isn't the place.
Nothing plain about hydroplanes
All right, so the celebratory bottle-smack was a bust.