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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 7 years, 8 months ago
Why Hunter's case should matter to you

If you’re looking for a poster child in the quest to test judicial fairness in your backyard, Wiley Hunter isn’t a likely suspect.

Updated 7 years, 8 months ago
NIC vs. Whitcomb: There's more to this story

Few things are exactly as they initially seem.

Updated 7 years, 8 months ago
No place to park common sense

The starving anti-regulation crowd was served a steaming feast in Coeur d’Alene.

Updated 7 years, 8 months ago
Wake up and debate start times

Coeur d’Alene School District is smart in taking nine months or so to dissect, research, argue for, argue against and then possibly make a decision on later start times for adolescent students.

Updated 7 years, 9 months ago
County clerk enjoys a banner day

Wednesday was doubly sweet for Kootenai County Clerk Jim Brannon.

Updated 7 years, 9 months ago
Give county credit where it's due

Commissioners Marc Eberlein and Bob Bingham, thank you.

Updated 7 years, 9 months ago
Stage is set for districts to move forward

When Coeur d’Alene School District trustees meet Jan. 22, the road leading to a new elementary school on Prairie Avenue should be smoothed out.

Updated 7 years, 9 months ago
Little points Idaho in the right direction

So it took 4,012 words. Idaho’s newly minted governor left no hot topic untouched in his first State of the State address.

Updated 7 years, 9 months ago
Voters' trust hangs in the balance

On today’s op-ed page, Jim Brannon’s recently defeated opponent accurately points out the opaque nature of the clerk’s view of transparency.

Updated 7 years, 9 months ago
Imagine giving for the very best reasons

The Sunday after Thanksgiving, we promised to share with you information about a better way of giving that’s headed Kootenai County’s way.

Updated 7 years, 9 months ago
Three exercises that just might change your world

How you look matters a lot less than how you feel.

Updated 7 years, 9 months ago
It's OK to be optimistic about Fulcher

Congressman-elect Russ Fulcher will be sworn in Thursday, and from that moment through the next two years at minimum, he’s going to be pulled in ten thousand different directions.

Updated 7 years, 9 months ago
Let's not quibble over Christian nation

Two topics never to bring up in polite company are religion and politics.

Updated 7 years, 9 months ago
It's true: Santa wore a KCFR suit

They never get enough credit. Nor have they ever sought it.

Updated 7 years, 9 months ago
Just wondering: Tough questions awaiting answers

Happy Christmas Eve eve!