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Editorial
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EDITORIAL: Getting through the parent trap
Help can come through many sources - including you
Giving will soon get even better
‘Tis the season to open your hearts and your wallets to a wide array of good causes.
Holiday giving starts tonight with a bang
The Coeur d’Alene Resort Light Show, so bright that it reportedly can be viewed from the face of Mars, will officially kick off the holiday season when the sun goes down today at 5.
Tomorrow, may your heart be full
Here’s hoping that your Thanksgiving tomorrow is filled with equal measures of food and love.
Let's elevate the discussion, letter writers
Merry Christmas, opinion page readers and writers.
These people are driving others crazy
There are times for diplomacy, for the gentle dispensation of information or mild persuasion to effect change for societal benefit.
Beware Facebook Groups if you seek the truth
In something of an election week tradition, this newspaper’s editor spoke to the local Pachyderm Club last Friday. The topic was a fascinating chart produced by Denver lawyer Vanessa Otero that attempts to peg medi…
Eternally grateful for your service
Most of us agree that throwing money at a problem won’t necessarily solve it. But figuring out priorities in spending finite dollars is essential to solving the most important problems.
New school is worth the effort
After what looked like a broadside to the good ship U.S.S. CDA School District earlier this week, there are hints that it might end up being a narrow miss from friendly fire.
Maybe the party is just starting
TGIO.
For all Idahoans, 'Yes' on Prop 2
If you believe that health care is not in the same category of basic American societal responsibilities as education and police protection for every citizen, two things are likely true. One, you probably have adequ…
No such thing as an empty threat anymore
Chief Lee White of the Coeur d’Alene Police Department can almost laugh about the old days when a kid called in a bomb threat hoping to get out of a final exam, or some bonehead set toilet paper in the bathroom on …
Idaho's best-run operation
It’s powered without state or federal funding and managed by people with deep roots in the private sector who will choose business over bureaucracy every day of the week.
Down the homestretch, 'No' on Prop 1
This horse-racing gimmick isn’t Idaho’s first rodeo.
Who says politics can't be pretty?
That was a political booster shot right when it was needed.
Vote 'no' on Hayden budget request
Until about 1 p.m. Tuesday, this space was filled with an editorial supporting Hayden’s request to increase its base budget via a levy override. That support held some caveats, but the entire landscape changed when…