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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 …
PUBLIC ART: Money could be better spent
In one of the editions of The Press last week was an article about the art work done on the new parking garage downtown.
STATISTICIANS: They must be on pot
Inflation at 9.1% — whoa — I don’t think so!
WAR ON DRUGS: Legalizing a better answer
On July 15, our new Common Sense editor Brent Regan wrote about unintended consequences of prohibition and the war on drugs.
MILITARY SPENDING: Accounting needed in Ukraine
Do you support the U.S. helping Ukraine?
$1.4B BUDGET SURPLUS: Another idea
What to do with it?
GUN LAW CHANGE: Right thing to do
How is it a Takata airbag inflator recall can be greeted with little to no opposition after less than 20 related deaths in the U.S. to date, but we struggle to find common ground with gun laws, especially related t…
CDA PD: Doing a tough job well
Reading the front-page article, “Police Openings Take Toll” sent my memories into high gear.
ELK POPULATION: Lumber companies, hunters destroying it
Lumber companies and out of state hunters are DESTROYING our elk population and here's how.
ANNIVERSARY: Thanks to couple who paid for meal
My bride of 38 years and I decided to have our anniversary meal at Syringa this evening (July 21).
POST FALLS: City planners, council gaslighting locals
Just read Friday’s article “We don’t need to drown our culture” about citizens against the proposed 41-acre annexation in Post Falls.
GAS: Blaming wrong administration
Dick Gardner’s letter to the editor on July 20 is disingenuous, inaccurate, and casts blame for gas price inflation on the wrong administration.
POST OFFICE: Hayden building, landscaping a mess
What’s the deal with the Hayden post office? It used to be a well maintained building with beautiful landscaping, grass and trees — a real compliment to the city of Hayden. The past couple of years it looks just…
HOLY MOMENT: Be safe on the water
Hauser Lake has been our home for the past 53 years. We raised three sons who have become educators and an electrical engineer, three special daughters-in-law and six precious grandchildren.
GOP RESOLUTIONS: Where is the common sense?
I see that Idaho’s Republican Party has come up with the same “official” resolution that Texas did, totally accepting Trump’s “Big Lie” that Biden is not the legitimate president.
NIGHT COURT: Better solution
The majority of the KCBOCC wants to spend MILLIONS on a new justice center with more courtrooms for the poor judges who evidently might have to share their chambers with another judge.