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OPINION: Just like everyone else, Idaho’s Attorney General must comply with the law
Three years ago, I joined five other former Idaho Attorneys General in describing that important position as “the …
COVID-19: Ginorio expressed ‘liberty and logic’
Sigh. So, in spite of the facts presented by numerous physicians, including Dr. Fauci about the ineffectiveness of masking against COVID, Ms. Mattoon seeks to go after Mr. Ginorio. The truth is out there, madam. It…
COACHES: Teach mental skills as well
Students return to school soon. Fall sports begin, and millions of kids nationwide will be participating in fall sports programs. Coaches are busy teaching and refining multiple athletic skills necessary for their …
NIC: More than just a college
Where is the outrage? Even if you have never attended North Idaho College or don’t expect to ever have kids attending, you should be outraged over the three majority board members who continue to drive it into the …
USA: More than ‘one disruptive man’
Please think about the USA before an autocratic hopeful-to-be-dictator came upon our political scene.
WATER USE: Rental property owners pay high price
I find it very interesting in this article (“Five Billion Gallons and Counting”) in Tuesdays paper that Terry Pickel, the director of the city’s water department stated that 75% of the water consumption during the …
GINORIO: Position doesn’t recognize history
Ralph K. Ginorio is an educator in Coeur d’Alene and a former columnist for this paper. In a recent Letter to the Editor, Ginorio condemned government efforts to control the spread of COVID-19 as a “regime of restr…
HAYDEN: What about the other neighborhoods?
To the Hayden City Council, attention to Roger Saterfield. You want the city to buy the property in your neighborhood because you don’t want to see a bunch of houses built there?
OPEN PRIMARIES: Will make Idaho greater
I was disheartened to see a recent letter raising the disproven boogeyman of “Idaho will become California” regarding open primaries. Opening the primaries will only serve to break the strangle lock of extremist el…
IDAHO POLITICS: Shift has changed landscape
Living in Coeur d'Alene for 60 years, I have seen a major shift in Idaho politics.
EDITORIAL: Biased against conservatives
After reading your editorial in Sunday's paper, your comments have stooped so low they are dragging in the mud.
WATER USAGE: What about the aquifer?
"Five billion gallons and counting!" The headline was alarming, but what does it really mean?
OPEN PRIMARIES: Will turn Idaho into California
Please help make Idaho more like California; support open primaries.
A MESS: Of his own making
Donald Trump has dared, taunted, provoked and goaded our Department of Justice to prosecute him from the moment it was learned he had stolen our country's national security documents.
LAW: Government counsel, gas, it's all the same
I noticed that Mr. Colton Boyles has recently been hired to represent not only the Community Library Network board but also the NIC board.
SMALL-TOWN FLAVOR: Thing of the past
With the influx of new transplants from you know where, we have seen over the past 40-plus years, the demise of the small-town flavor of the North Idaho communities.