THANKS: For memorable weekend

On behalf of the Auxiliary to VFW Post No. 889, I would like to thank the management of Super 1 Foods in Coeur d’Alene and Walmart for their support of our poppy drive over Memorial Day weekend. All the money donated stays in our community to help veterans, their families and our community.

IFF: Protecting our children

Have you ever noticed how districts announce which teachers are teaching anti-family, anti-American, dysphasia and sexually explicit information to our kids?

JUDD JONES: Three mistakes we make with our immune system

It is that time of year when we all start to be concerned about colds and flu. Some of you will get flu shots and some will not. Either way, we all have a chance of catching a seasonal illness. It would be an understatement to say that our immune system is under constant attack.

Youngsters reach new heights with help from Tristan Hite

Meet Tristan Hite, North Idaho native and co-founder of the Moore For Youth Foundation.

OPINION: Republicans for health care

If you are a regular reader of the Coeur d’Alene Press, you are well aware of the divisive politics railing our community. As a long-standing North Idaho Republican, it was this division and subsequent damage to our community that motivated me and more than 80 other local longtime Republicans to form the North Idaho Republicans group. It’s our belief that we will do more good for our community by developing thoughtful ways to improve our local institutions and quality of life rather than inciting fear and bringing institutions like our community college, schools and libraries to the brink of destruction.

OPINION: Kootenai County's Call to Action: Fostering local unity through preparedness

It’s more than obvious we are living in historic times. Unfortunately, historic times are usually not tranquil times. Here in our beloved Kootenai County, we have recently experienced a spate of tumultuous events, including the racial incident involving the Utah Women’s basketball team, the arrest of an 18-year-old man on terrorist suspicions, a politicized defamation trial, and most recently, another racial incident, concerning the Coeur d’Alene Tribe.

Gov. Otter's State of the State speech

Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Honorable Justices, my fellow constitutional officers, distinguished

MNI Podcast to Launch on Jan. 8th with Mayor Widmyer

2021 will be an exciting year for the Museum of North Idaho

LOST DOG: Prayer and Penny prevail

On Aug. 25 around 10 a.m., we had a delivery and left our gate open. Our small dog, a 4-pound female Chihuahua named Reba, slipped out of the house, and out of the gate and was gone before we knew it. Despite our best efforts to locate her by driving all over town calling her name, my wife contacted the Rathdrum Police Department, and they said they would leave a message for the officer in charge of animal control, named Penny. With darkness descending, my wife and I went into prayer mode. This small dog went missing for three days and two nights before we finally got a call from Officer Penny who stated she had gotten a call from a lady down by Stub Meyer Park about a small dog that may be ours. We met Penny who then showed us to the woman’s home. We located our dog in some bushes in front of the lady’s house.

Keep shopping frenzy out of Thanksgiving

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God ... One of the keys to a joyful life is to live it with a heart of thanksgiving every day of our lives. Because of our history, we have chosen to give one day - set apart from all the rest - to be a day of rest and a day of "Thanksgiving." This day is the last Thursday of every November.

Timberlake Fire at critical crossroads

I sat in solemn disbelief last week at the Timberlake Fire District Commissioners meeting, as Commissioner Robyn Edwards voiced her “agenda” to outsource our EMT services.

Gratitude for our newspaper carriers

As President of the Hagadone Corporation's Communications Division, I wish to share my sincere pride and gratitude. This year, we celebrate the 131st Anniversary of the Coeur d'Alene Press, and today, we celebrate the dedicated men and women who have ensured the Voice of Kootenai County reaches our readers and subscribers for more than a century.

LEVY: Why? Because it matters

On March 8, we are being asked to support the School District 271 levy. Without the success of this levy, there will still be teachers, students and buildings. Isn't that all we need? It doesn't really matter if the levy passes, right?

GOD: Prayer is the answer

America: One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

In appreciation of seniors

National Assisted Living Week, Sept. 9-15, is a way of focusing our attention - and our gratitude - on some of our community's lesser-seen and heard individuals.

KTEC: Not cheap, but costs shared

For the past four years I have sat on SD 271's Long Range Planning Committee as a concerned citizen and an interested parent. I have seen the condition of the schools in our district and understand the needs for improvement to get many of them to a common standard. In general, the facilities are barely adequate but not efficient.

SEYMOUR: For school board

It’s election time and we are once again given the opportunity to make a difference by voting a person of character into leadership on our school board. Be aware — we have only one candidate with experience, longevity, board knowledge and a track record of consistent integrity. This candidate is Terri Seymour. Voting the best person into office is your way of saying that you care about the culture of our schools and the environment in which our children are being taught.

Community Thanks September 14, 2014

MISSION: Don't desecrate it

I am an enrolled Native American and to use by favorite “windbags” expression, “take umbrage” to the powers to be, mostly the E.P.A. for using one of our most Sacred Grounds as their dump site. Our Sacred Heart Mission grounds near Cataldo. Of all the places, why our most revered, holy and oldest church, mission, building in the beautiful mountains of Idaho, why?

NRA: Not Real Americans

If they were true Americans, they would not stonewall attempts by Real Americans to bring gun control to our country and stop the shootings in our schools and our communities. The NRA has twisted the Second Amendment to satisfy their own political and financial interests with total disregard for those who lost their lives. They all have blood on their hands.