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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 …
REGAN: It’s not common sense
Brent Regan really does live in his own version of reality. In North Idaho he admits to being overwhelmingly conservative, he blames the pending loss of accreditation of NIC on all the crazy liberals running our co…
LEVY INFO: Base your vote on facts, not misinformation fliers
It is a sad day when one has the money in which to print election material based on misinformation and outright lies — door hangers and fliers against Coeur d’Alene school levies.
LIBRARIES: Serve many purposes
“I love the library” my son said as we entered the library so I could check out self-help books.
LCHS BOYS BASKETBALL: Great job, Jim Winger
What a year for the Lake City High School boys’ basketball team. Mr. Winger has done an excellent job of teaching the fundamentals and understanding of the game.
LEVIES: Call for tax burden to be shifted back to state
In the mid 1970s, my parents were literally “taxed out of their house.” The same thing is happening to me now.
CDA SCHOOL LEVIES: Student worries about levies failing
I am a concerned Lake City High School student writing to express my strong support for the March 14 Coeur d’Alene Schools supplemental levy.
WOOD: Letter writer got it wrong about Christie
A recent letter to The Press suggesting that Christie Wood is responsible for the accreditation woes at NIC is inaccurate.
STRs: City council’s options
The definition of a neighborhood in communities, especially resorts, is being radically changed by the internet as investors, developers, and traveler’s changing ideals and needs are met.
SCHOOL LEVIES: Student urges support
As vice chair of the district’s Student Advisory Group and a junior at Lake City High School, I want to respond to the opposition against the Coeur d’Alene School District’s upcoming levies.
NIC: Unintended consequences
The “smartest guy in the room” must be getting very lonely by now.
NIC: Regan and KCRCC should demand trustee resignations
To Brent Regan and the Kootenai County Central Committee: You endorsed and helped elect North Idaho College Board of Trustees: McKenzie, Waggoner and Banducci.
PHIL BATT: Championed human rights and respect for all
On Saturday, March 4, Idaho lost one of its greatest statesmen with the passing of former Idaho Governor Phil Batt. I first got to know Phil during a political campaign in 1972 developing a long friendship that I w…
NIC SECURITY: Fails to enforce college policies
Worst excuse for security on a state-subsidized and taxpayer-supported institution. Security permits visitors harassing students and visitors by shouting expletives and sticking their cellphones in their faces. Sec…
NIC: Regan not always wrong
I write in response to Jan Studer’s letter, posted on March 8. In this letter, she requests an example of educators at college pushing Marxist or socialist ideologies.
SCHOOL LEVIES: Vote yes
They are our schools, provided by us for our children and grandchildren.