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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 …
GUNS: It's a health issue
Your editorial on Jan. 10, 2016, on gun violence stated that this is the 20th anniversary of a Congressional ban on funding for the U.S. Public Health Service, (USPHS), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National I…
PETS: Have their place
To the person who wrote about pets in public businesses, I absolutely agree with you. Unless an animal is a service animal it should not be allowed in a business. Comfort animals are for people to have at home. Peo…
EKKO: Where he's right
Not everything Ekko wrote should be dismissed. What was mentioned about being “clannish and more in love with their phones than those around them” is more true than most of us care to admit. Particularly the phone …
WOLVES: IDFG's public enemy
Your article from Jan. 14, “Idaho collars wolves, not elk, in unlawful mishap,” is an eye-opener for all Idaho citizens.
CITIES: When smaller is bigger
Having read over letters of readers writing, I think it’s time to say something for those comparing “small cities vs. big cities.” Having lived in Los Angeles and Orange County and reading our local newspaper Post …
NIC: Show hoops some love
We’re in the throes of basketball season, and although the NFL playoffs dominate the media right now, what’s with the page six article on the NIC basketball game in Sunday’s (Jan. 17th) paper? Come on, guys!
SEAHAWKS: Thanks for great ride
What a game! The NFC West “hometown” ...(Inland Northwest... Washington, Idaho, Montana), Seattle Seahawks. What a team, down by 31! Never give up on our boys! The turf, just laid down six days ago... everyone slip…
DRIVERS: Turn your lights on
For the people who don’t drive with their lights on in the day time and even when it’s cloudy or even until it’s so dark they have to have them on, let’s look at Canada. Canada found that by enacting the headlight,…
HUNTING: Story irresponsible
Who the heck ever thought of putting that distasteful story [Thrill of the hunt, Sunday, Jan. 17] on the first page? That is disgusting! It should have never been published in the first case, but since it was, it s…
PETS: They belong at home
SPOILER ALERT! Your animal is not a human! I know we all love our animals. I hear it all the time that they are a member of your family. I get it. What disgusts me is today’s thinking that bringing your pets into r…
SERVICE: More is needed
The citizenry of our lovely North Idaho towns pay taxes, but there is a glaring lack of service from local public works departments when it comes to snow removal.
Muslims in school
Women letter riles readers
BASQUES: Column was terrific
In Sunday’s edition of the Cd’A Press, Syd Albright wrote a wonderful historical explanation of the Basques! So much information that I hadn’t heard before.
EVICTION: Find better way
I know the folks that are being evicted in a Post Falls mobile home park. Good people living on a very fixed income. I had already heard about the other elderly vet being evicted. It is very shameful to treat disab…