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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 …
HEALTH: Best board qualifications
Kootenai County Commissioners: I understand that you may be planning some changes to the Panhandle Health District Board, and would like to make some recommendations.
KELLY: Response to dear Cecil
I don’t know if Cecil is evil or if he is a hole in the ground.
GOP: Featured extremist pundit
Michelle Malkin was invited to our community last week by our local Kootenai County Republican Central Committee.
HOLIDAY: Helping their employees
Holiday gas station in Hayden is letting their staff go get vaccinated on company time.
DEBT: The staggering numbers
If you made one dollar per second, how much would you make in a day?
SAMARITAN: Thanks for a wonderful gift
I was at my bank going over my account with the teller when an unknown person laid down two one-hundred-dollar bills.
BIDEN: Back in the USSA
Somehow average Joe Biden wowed untold millions to vote for him and sent Trump back up the escalator.
MASKS: Please keep wearing them
I would like to say that masks are essential in keeping our fellow citizens safe from the many new variants of COVID-19 that are heading our way.
FULCHER: Estate tax feedback
In the last two days, I have received two survey letters from Rep. Russ Fulcher asking for feedback on the estate tax.
REGISTRATION: Enforced for offenders
Idaho Code 18-8307 says that a sex offender who is required to register in a county has two working days to do so and must pay $80 at the time of registration.
OUTAGE: No 9-1-1 access
During the last windstorm our power was off for two days.
CONSORTIUM: Writer has it right
I occasionally write letters to the editor with my opinion on local/national current events.
LIBRARY: Speed bump appeal
As usual there are two sides to a story.
TRANSPLANTS: Different strokes
As another new resident to North Idaho, grateful for the freedoms Idaho supports unlike Washington, I choked on my coffee when I read a fellow “refugee” from Washington, Josef Karl Verner, state his reasoning for f…
LEVY: My Turn didn’t help
Oh, Evan Koch, you had me convinced in your My Turn article March 27, that you were a nonpartisan nice guy just wanting to better inform the public regarding school levies and the legitimate need for them.