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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…
Good leaders work through tough times
Coeur d’Alene boasts a strong city council. It also elected a mayor any community in the country would be thrilled to have serve.
What’s going on in our nursing homes?
Idaho is five months into the coronavirus pandemic, and we still haven’t gotten a handle on cases in the state’s nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
Keep this legislative power in check
Idaho’s Legislature should not be trusted with the power to reactivate itself.
Who looks out for the shafted homeowner?
Idaho Farm Bureau President Russ Hendricks defends the current property tax system.
When catastrophe strikes, remember these names
If you’re expecting to read a fervent plea that Idaho Gov. Brad Little impose a statewide face mask mandate, you’ve come to the wrong place.
Taking an Rx break on editorials
It’s said that if you live long enough, you’ll get cancer.
Why you’re yawning, texting and driving
Did you ever benefit from a friend who tossed an arm over your shoulder, and muttered something mundane that proved monumental 20, 50, maybe 75 years from now?
This Independence Day, unite for thriving future
The celebration of Independence Day this year will be unlike any other.
Let’s get the party started, neighborhoods
Once upon a time, Americans didn’t need corporate sponsorships to pull off a big Independence Day bash.
If we really want to understand …
The businessman boarded a Sunday train in the heart of New York City. Content with his newspaper, the man simply wanted to be left alone — a feat that proved impossible.
A parallel universe is unfolding
Coeur d’Alene’s contingent in the Idaho Legislature proudly signed their names to an important letter to the editor in today’s Opinions.
Statues, brands today; books tomorrow?
It’s almost impossible to keep up with the changes taking place in society right now.
What Dad really wants is you
Scanning lists of last-minute ideas for a great Father’s Day gift brought only a frown instead.
Black hits the parental bull’s-eye
Who knew a preface could say so much.
Jobless? OK. But hopeless? No way
Before we pummel your Sunday stomach with some painful statistics, we promise: They’ll be followed by encouragement and a potent suggestion.