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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 8 years, 6 months ago
Winning the jobs battles from within

While it sure would be a lot of fun to break a non-April 1 story saying Amazon was opening a massive facility here, or that Boeing or Caterpillar would be employing thousands of Kootenai County residents with $75,0…

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
The duopoly that threatens to destroy the news

By LAWRENCE RILEY

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
How to give democracy a lift

Since his heart transplant more than a decade ago, Coeur d’Alene School Board member Dave Eubanks has taken to growing things on his property, including a veritable forest of Christmas trees.

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
A tribute to these elite educators

Once upon a time, mastery of the Dewey Decimal System and an occasional smile were the main requirements for a school librarian.

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
Easter wisdom dispatches the darkness

The Press wishes its readers a happy Easter.

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
Don't gamble on this initiative

Cowboys and Indians no longer wield Winchesters or bows and arrows.

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
Lincoln Day message for the ages

Abe would’ve been proud.

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
1st Amendment gas pains

There are some hilarious videos of brazen individuals emitting sounds of certain bodily functions in crowded public places.

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
Listen up, and listen with love

The message from a mother whose students knew and loved Troy Schueller could have been written by many others.

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
Building code bulletin: It's OK. Really.

Maybe folks should be careful quoting scripture to enumerate the wickedness of codes. There’s a pretty famous code book, after all, that sets guidelines for Christian belief and behavior.

Updated 8 years, 7 months ago
That's 25 years down, 25 millennia to go

The most basic human instinct is to survive.

Updated 8 years, 7 months ago
Kids, good luck in the comórtas litrithe

Tomorrow marks the 15th annual North Idaho Regional Spelling Bee, sponsored by the Coeur d’Alene Press and hosted by North Idaho College.

Updated 8 years, 7 months ago
Walking or talking, rights on full display

Some area high school students are going to enjoy an exercise in civic participation today.

Updated 8 years, 7 months ago
Nonprofits shouldn't be non-professional

It’s not enough to have a beautiful heart.

Updated 8 years, 7 months ago
Subscribers, write your endorsements

Selection Sunday for March Madness is just two days away.