Majority of Americans favor forgiving medical debt, AP-NORC poll finds

About 6 in 10 people with debt from medical bills favor medical debt forgiveness if the person has large amounts of debt compared to their income, compared to about half of people without medical debt.

REGAN: Not rational about NIC

I would like to voice extreme exception to Brent Regan’s opinion column “Rational thinking” in the May 31 edition of the Coeur d’Alene Press. I wonder if the swamp gas floating over Coeur d’Alene also includes the systematic partial destruction of North Idaho College?

Airline turbulence

With all of these wild weather patterns across the globe, it should be no surprise that we’re hearing more about airline turbulence. Most of us heard about the recent turbulence disaster with a Singapore Airlines flight May 21 from London to Singapore.

Post Falls subdivision lots approved unanimously after traffic concerns voiced

Traffic issues in the city of Post Falls now and in the future was the topic on residents’ and commissioners' minds leading up to a unanimously approved vote to turn North Place East Subdivision into 1,125 lots Tuesday night.

OPINION: Rational thinking

In a recent Coeur d'Alene Press editorial, the lingering ghost of the former editor rises like swamp gas over the Florida Everglades to regurgitate tired and biased tropes against the Republican Party.

OPINION: Let’s celebrate Juneteenth

Over and over again, we hear community leaders say, “North Idaho is not racist.”

Shoshone commissioners surprised by cost of office space

Concerns over open meeting laws and privacy highlighted

The Shoshone Board of County Commissioners elected to pause discussions about remodeling their office on Tuesday morning.

THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: M's had a chance to put the hated Astros away

SOMETIME, maybe in September, the Mariners could regret letting this Thursday snooze get away. Worse than halting their modest four-game win streak, perhaps more important than keeping them from rising higher than four games over .500, what the M’s critically FAILED to do was drive a stake through Houston’s dark heart. So, the undead Astros remain alive in the AL West race.

MY TURN: The good old days

I was shopping in a local store a couple of weeks ago when I overheard two women talking about how they wish we could go back to “the good old days” when things were so much better. I have heard that same mantra expressed many times over recent years. And I have always had the same internal reaction…good old days? For whom?

The Joy of Triathlons

Kip is a physical therapist who moved here in 2007 and didn’t do his first triathlon until 2010

Coeur d'Alene council moves to protect history

Approves 182-day moratorium on demolition, work on historic buildings

The moratorium has been a goal of the city’s Historic Preservation Commission, particularly since the recent demolition of the E. Lakeshore Drive 1925 home of the late Dr. E.R.W. "Ted" Fox and the historic Roosevelt Inn possibly facing the same fate with a developer offering to buy the property.

Does a dry spring also mean a dry summer?

Since the middle of May, temperatures have been relatively mild to warm in Coeur d’Alene and across the Inland Northwest.

Weekend TV/Radio highlights

Television, radio and streaming highlights for upcoming weekend.

Sons of Norway in town

The Harald Haarfager Lodge in Coeur d’Alene has hosted two other conventions, in 2010 and 2016 and teamed up with the Tordenskjold Lodge in Spokane to present this year’s convention, which are held every two years.

Special audit results coming soon for Shoshone County

The Shoshone Board of County Commissioners is still awaiting an audit they hope will show them where the county overspent in recent years.

Manzardo sent back down to Triple-A

“Obviously Kyle had some huge hits for us, and contributed to a lot of wins,” Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt told Cleveland media, prior to Tuesday’s game vs. the visiting Seattle Mariners. “We had to make a roster decision, and we felt Kyle getting down to Columbus, and getting consistent playing time every day, playing first base and getting back into a rhythm, and into a groove ... and he’ll be ready whenever we need him again. But, it was more about his playing time, and we’d seen his playing time dwindle over the past couple of weeks ... just wanting him to get consistent at-bats to work on the things that he needs to.”

Local Watch: Manzardo doubles twice in Guardians' win on Tuesday

Updates on area athletes.

LOCAL WATCH: Manzardo singles, drive in run in Guardians' win at Miami

Manzardo is now batting .219 (16 for 73) with nine doubles, seven RBIs and four runs scored in 25 games.

HATE: Let’s not allow the racists to speak for us

I have had the opportunity to live all over this country and I have to say that Coeur d’Alene is one of the most beautiful locations in the entire nation. Well, it is one of the most beautiful locations physically. It’s not so pretty when a small handful of racists take it upon themselves to begin harassing people who are of a different color or race from themselves.

TRAFFIC: Left turn off highway is dangerous

This letter is in response to a letter I received after my presentation regarding left-hand turns into the shopping center near Kohl’s off of Prairie Avenue. As they stated in their letter, the turn into a private driveway across solid double yellow lines is not illegal. However, it is extremely dangerous! To be making left-hand turns into a private driveway so close to an intersection, where there is no dedicated left-turn lane, and crossing over three lanes of oncoming traffic, some of which can’t be seen while making a left-hand turn into the driveway.