BEHAVIOR: Not hard to identify its source

It is deplorable when anyone harasses others with despicable, dehumanizing language. (Utah coach says team was shaken after experiencing racist hate during NCAA Tournament March 26.)

NATIONALISTS: Show us some proof

In your editorial Wednesday, you specifically stated that our county has become a base for “…white Christian Nationalists.”

NEO-NAZIS: Give them no safe harbor

The horrible racist attack last week against the Utah basketball team is directly connected to the 2022 infamous U-hall truck full of neo-Nazis preparing for mayhem by and through the famous quote: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

LOSERS: Don’t represent community

Sorry to hear that a bunch of “losers” in a pickup truck and another in a car shouted racial comments to the Utah women’s basketball team. Bill Reagan said it best. “Don’t let the actions of a few indict all of Coeur d Alene.”

RACISM: The sickness is simply sickening

I am deeply embarrassed for my city and my state. As an alumnus of U of Utah, I have great pride in the school and the athletic program. The women’s basketball team deserved their invitation to the NCAA Tournament. Certain people in my beautiful city ruined their experience and they will never want to visit this area again.

INCIDENT: Facts first, then judgment

Let’s all take our pulses and remember what a great city we live in. Let’s remember how great the people are here.

RACISM: Alive and unwell in North Idaho

The recent incident with the Utah women’s basketball team is an example of the still active racist mentality that exists in part of our community.

Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers

$10K reward offered for info into racial incident

KCRCC chairman says visitors should feel safe

Tony Stewart, secretary of the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations, said they welcome the offer of a $10,000 reward by Regan.

MY TURN: Librarians, parents and bounty hunters, oh my!

Legislators on right path to clean up filth in libraries.

US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. It's the first revision in 27 years

Under the revisions, questions about race and ethnicity that previously were asked separately on forms will be combined into a single question

THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: If healthy, the Mariners can contend — no joke

Bottom line: It would be a shock if pitching is the Mariners’ problem. Assuming the guys are healthy.

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Idaho places Gonzalez on administrative leave

Gonzalez, in his second year as coach, went 1-27 in 2023, after going 4-24 in 2022.

'A cool opportunity'

Men have plan to renovate, open three restaurants in lakefront town

The Candle Group, owners of the Candle in the Woods in Athol, plan to open three restaurants in Bayview, with hopes for two to be ready for Memorial Day Weeked.

MY TURN: Come together against the tide

An open invitation to serve on the side of light

Bryan Sean Happell, 61

Larger than life and twice as vibrant, the world lost a true force of nature when Bryan Sean Happell passed away after a short and unexpected illness in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, on March 18, 2024.

The Humble and Gentle Art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Next we were instructed in a specific technique, the kimura, and had a chance to pair up and practice it on each other. Jiu Jitsu (Japanese for “gentle art”) is a martial art focused on leverage and applying techniques which allow a smaller person to subdue a much larger opponent.

Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers

LC State earns Military Friendly Gold designation

Lewis-Clark State College, which has campuses in Coeur d'Alene and Lewiston, has once again been designated as a Military Friendly School and this time with a special gold-level designation by Military Friendly, the organization announced Wednesday.

Paving planned at 'The Mudhole'

Construction is slated to start in April and is expected to continue through mid-July, delaying opening of the recreation area from its historical opening date of the third weekend in May.