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Editorial

To find our opinion based editorials, see below. We'll share opinion based editorial articles regularly for interested viewers.

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 5 years ago
Op-Ed: Idaho’s former Chief Justice Burdick has not slowed in retirement

Many Idaho court watchers figured the former Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, Roger Burdick, would slow down to smell the roses when he retired at the…

Updated 5 years ago
Op-Ed: Idaho needs media literacy to combat COVID-19 misinformation

With Idaho recently announcing crisis standards of care in hospitals across the state, we are seeing first-hand the effects of myths, misunderstandings, and mi…

Updated 5 years ago
Another way to boost local education

Newspaper program can be a teacher's - and a community's - best friend.

Updated 5 years ago
Op-Ed: Who owns us? We do

An argument against compulsion and for persuasion.

Updated 5 years ago
Relax: Time to practice a little yogi

Let's all take a little baseball tension break.

Updated 5 years ago
Op-Ed: This new party is not like the old party

Voters, beware of the partisan trap.

Updated 5 years ago
She's lived a life worthy of headlines

It's OK to want to be more like Anita.

Updated 5 years ago
Doing things right is rarely cheap

CDA School Board does the right thing.

Updated 5 years ago
Kootenai Health responds to Press error on pediatric COVID concerns

Misunderstanding led to erroneous conclusions in community.

Updated 5 years ago
Op-Ed: The outlanders among us

Here in North Idaho, it is common for those who grew up here to lament the influx of outsiders who strain finite resources and change the community's character.

Updated 5 years ago
Bad choices have serious consequences

Tale of two editorials for today.

Updated 5 years ago
Time to move on past deniers

Instead, focus on those tethered to reality.

Updated 5 years ago
Op-Ed: Gunfight at the N.Y. Corral

It might seem strange for an Idaho congressman to get involved with gun laws in New York.

Updated 5 years ago
Here's what might be paralyzing NIC trio

It's one thing to pass off big bills to taxpayers. It's quite another if you have to pay it yourself.