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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 13 years, 9 months ago
SQM is no small potato for Idaho

Such is the state of the North Idaho economy that news of another McDonald's coming to town warrants some notice. And it did, when Nils Rosdahl led his new-business column last Sunday with the scoop that Riverstone…

Updated 13 years, 9 months ago
Best businesses? You tell us

Best of North Idaho is just a newspaper-sponsored popularity contest.

Updated 13 years, 9 months ago
Sweat those blues away

Yes, the Polar Bear Plunge officially counts as exercise - not for running into and out of the frigid lake, but for the massive shivering and shaking afterward.

Updated 13 years, 9 months ago
Driven to distraction

Bless our school bus drivers.

Updated 13 years, 9 months ago
Maximum strife on minimum pay

Tuesday, Rhode Island did it.

Updated 13 years, 9 months ago
The cost of confidence

Here's a budget question for Coeur d'Alene officials: How much is the public's confidence worth?

Updated 13 years, 9 months ago
Standing tall at the finish line

Press Christmas for All fell short of its 2012 goal.

Updated 13 years, 9 months ago
A gift from your hospital

Your bank account received a nice Christmas present, but you probably didn't notice.

Updated 13 years, 9 months ago
Thanks for the presents

Have yourself a merry little Christmas.

Updated 13 years, 9 months ago
Let's eclipse apocalypse

Children massacred in Connecticut.

Updated 13 years, 10 months ago
Tired of cliff hangers

It's OK to get nervous now about the fiscal cliff.

Updated 13 years, 10 months ago
Benefits a big bump in the road

Coeur d'Alene School District's journey into possibly privatizing its transportation department is more about benefits than buses.

Updated 13 years, 10 months ago
Wishing upon many stars

Something good to eat, and a present to open.

Updated 13 years, 10 months ago
Step right up, LCDC

Property owners along Front Avenue should ante up for improvements that will increase their property values, but city officials need to put a reasonable lid on their request.

Updated 13 years, 10 months ago
Go local on health exchange

If they're successful, the forces that most ardently oppose Idaho forming a state health insurance exchange would get what they hate most: More federalism right in their faces.