I'm all for cutting global pollution

Weather Gems

First of all, I agree with Rich Chatfield, Ed Drew and others that man must "find more efficient ways of using our precious natural resources."

Seniors need more than food

Hayden GEMS center running short on room for programs

HAYDEN - As Erika Schwartz stepped through the front door of the Hayden GEMS Senior Center Friday morning, she smiled and sighed.

Satellite resorts: Skiing lesser-known mountains

Some hidden gems located near their famous rivals

DENVER - Big-name ski resorts might give you bragging rights when you go back to the office, but lesser-known mountains can give you something else: less-crowded slopes, shorter lift lines and even outlets for Crock Pots.

Idaho’s Census response exceeds national average

This may turn out to be the best Census yet. And Idaho is ahead of the curve.

George 'Ben' Sheppard, 91

Beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather and Great-Grandfather, George “Ben” Sheppard, 91, of Pinehurst, passed away Nov. 25, 2012, at the Mountain Valley Care & Rehabilitation in Kellogg. He was born Sept. 8, 1921, in Lemhi County near Salmon. Ben was the son of George R. and Mary “May” (Steele) Sheppard.

Fighting the flu

Influenza has found a home in the Gem State.

Idaho gas prices jump

Could top $3 mark soon; rising cost of crude oil blamed

Idaho gas prices jump

Hayden celebrates hometown heroes

Hundreds of people lined Government Way on Saturday morning for the Hayden Days “Hometown Heroes” Parade. The parade marked the beginning of the second and final day of the annual celebration, with festivities centered around McIntire Family Park.

Gas prices not expected to put brakes on Memorial Day travel

224,000 Idahoans to take a trip during the holiday weekend

Hit the road

Little speech on target

Legislators, others like what governor says

Little hits the mark with speech

Idaho keeps giving and giving

Fire department, others collect and receive record donations

Record giving

Idaho flunks national K-12 science standards review

COEUR d'ALENE - A new national study of kindergarten- through-12th grade science curriculum standards shows efforts are falling significantly short in more than 75 percent of the nation's states including Idaho.

Ed deficit really a commitment deficit

When it comes to educating our children, the state of Idaho has had commitment issues.

Thankful for Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Americans' celebrations and commemorations of the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's magisterial "Gettysburg Address," arguably the greatest speech in America's history, may not have found widespread expression Thursday at Thanksgiving tables across the country, but its premises and challenges have created an enduring legacy for all those committed to the principles of republicanism.

Finances, the economy and the arts

Idaho Commission on the Arts, Arts and Culture Alliance present workshops June 1-3

COEUR d'ALENE — The Coeur d'Alene Arts and Culture Alliance is partnering with the Idaho Commission on the Arts to bring special presentations and workshops to Coeur d'Alene June 1-3.

Gov. Otter to lead trade mission to Canada

BOISE — Led by Gov. Butch Otter and coordinated by the Idaho State Department of Agriculture and the Idaho Department of Commerce, an Idaho trade mission delegation will travel to Toronto, Canada, from Oct. 1-4.

Idaho Gas Prices Slide Amid National Average Freefall

With the spread of coronavirus forcing many to change their work and travel plans, and a prolonged price war in the global crude oil market, the U.S. average price for gasoline has plummeted since the beginning of the month, with the Idaho average price slowly but steadily following suit.

What determines a drought?

Northern Idaho and surrounding counties in Washington, Oregon, and western Montana are experiencing abnormally dry to severe drought conditions this year.

OPINION: Fair warning to public school patrons across the Gem State

The Idaho Freedom Foundation may be coming to your school district to carry out its publicly-proclaimed goal of getting the government out of the business of educating our kids. Just witness the disintegration of the West Bonner County School District in Priest River at the hands of an extremist-controlled school board.

OPINION: A Moon waxes as a Luna wanes

The present-day Republican Party has revealed who it really is and it ain’t pretty. Many of us thought that Tom Luna was way too far to the right, but the newly-elected GOP chair, Dorothy Moon, eclipses Luna by a country mile. Moon’s political beliefs verge on lunacy. Moon has given aid and comfort to the ravings of a pillow merchant who claims the Idaho presidential vote was rigged. She told us during her ill-fated campaign for Secretary of State that Canadians had voted in the Idaho elections. To prove it, she said somebody had told her so. Wonder if it was the pillow peddler.