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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…
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…
Possibilities on the prairie are profound
Development of the freshly minted “Tech URD” in Post Falls is going to cause some grief.
You're gonna miss them when they're gone
Innocent insects inspiring nothing but human ire.
It takes more than that to silence Cecil
The letters are always hand-delivered, pecked out on an old typewriter, double-spaced, all caps. Sometimes there’s a coffee stain or other evidence of the writer’s breakfast on the letter.
'I had no idea' just won't cut it, guys
Please do something really important today.
Arm yourself with truly valuable info
Don’t tell anyone, but there might be some local election momentum building.