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…
Editorial: Little violinist, big heart
Rules are rules, and everybody must abide by them. Make an exception and you’re opening the door to anarchy.
Test your budgetability
Because this is a week to preen your patriotic feathers, we thought we might just offer a quick civics quiz. Today's subject is federal spending, which you already know all about, right?
Of textbooks and texting
Darn it, Dan, you're right. It isn't fair.
Before you celebrate . . .
All that sunshine and blue sky can be deceptive. A picnic-ruining thunderstorm could be only an hour away.
Third party of first importance
The Coeur d'Alene City Council will spend wisely if it commits funding to a third party to negotiate contracts with its three unions.
Curtain closing on a presidency
Tomorrow is the last official day on the job for the first woman president in North Idaho College history. Dr. Priscilla Bell led the college for five and a half years, but judging her tenure will take much longer …
Predictability economic key
U.S. Sen. Jim Risch isn't feeling sorry for himself but, like many of us, he is looking back wistfully to less complicated times.
Here's to a healthy summer
Now that summer's here - all those Ironfolk running around today prove it - it's time for that dreaded full-length, unadulterated look in the mirror.
Ironmen of tomorrow
Some things can't be measured by money.
A guilt-free day for Dad
If you beard-stubbled, equal opportunity gender watchers are still waiting for a movie titled "What Men Want," we've got a tip for you: Don't bother. It's not in most men's nature to blurt out wish lists about much…
Weight of words favors recall
Recallers won at least one war of the words.
Join the club, help the chamber
There's no smarter way to launch the Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce's second hundred years than by completely clearing the slate from the first hundred.
Silver lining in recall storm
We're looking for a little light in the gloom.
Penalty flags on the unions
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's survival in Tuesday's recall election is being billed as a big blow to unions. No matter how you interpret that vote, it's clear that American unions face an uphill struggle - one larg…
One man's righteous war
The federal government isn't fully owning up to its responsibilities for the victims of Agent Orange, a herbicide sprayed on Vietnamese jungles and any humans who might have been in or near them.