CDA: Proud of your beautiful city

My husband and I happened to be visiting the Coeur d’Alene area shortly after the racist incident occurred and were shocked by it.

VITRIOL: Condemn it in all forms

WOW, what a mountain of letters I have seen since the people who said the nasty things to the team. So many people up in arms about it!

MORALITY: Decide values to live by

Alas, as if there isn’t enough to worry about already, a new threat to the peace of our democracy has reared its ugly head.

SHERMAN: A pox on Saturday business

To the abortion protesters and the Trump Train folks who make noise every Saturday on Sherman: We are trying to work and carry on with running our businesses.

HOTEL: What it is — and what it isn't

I appreciate Joan Woodard's concerns that "Urban anywhere USA" Marriott has arrived in the form of a Branded Marriott product. It would be a bonus to see integrated use of materials to fit our brick and stone facades nearby on Sherman Avenue.

HOSPITAL: Rendered superior service

I was a recent outpatient surgery with overnight stay patient at Kootenai Health, CDA. I cannot express how well I was treated and the care and compassion I received as a patient.

OPINION: Group condemns extremist 'culture of permission'

Mayor Hammond honored; Idaho Freedom Foundation criticized

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OPINION: E Pluribus Unum

As one, we can halt the backsliding

MY TURN: Still fighting the same fight

This past week I took a road trip to Boise with mom for a funeral. Just prior to our leaving, mom asked if I had heard about the recent events in Coeur d'Alene with the Utah women's basketball team. I had not. Apparently, there were one or more vehicles racing up and down Sherman shouting racial slurs at the group of players, who happen to have a few black members. These people were simply enjoying beautiful downtown Coeur d'Alene, or at least, were trying to.

First vessel uses alternate channel to bypass wreckage at the Baltimore bridge collapse site

Shipping costs and commute times will also increase for the working-class, water-oriented communities on either side of the bridge

A decade of 'Good Samaritan'

Thrift Store has funded 50 people in rehabilitation program

In a decade, the Good Samaritan Thrift Store has produced $1.75 million in sales and received $32,600 in donations. It has provided financial support for 50 people to go through the rehabilitation program, a nonprofit dedicated to helping men and women overcome substance abuse and addictions.

‘Sing with a good heart’

Drummers kick off American Indian Heritage Week at NIC

Drummers kick off American Indian Heritage Week at NIC

Hopes are high for Kellogg summer concert series

Vendors, sponsors needed

The Music in the Park concert series is just a few months away and the Silver Valley Chamber wants 2024 to be the best that the summer series has ever been.

Don't accept until you check

Here are tips to become and solid fact-checker

Idaho gas prices continue climbing

Pump prices jump another 15 cents, now 14 cents higher than the national average

Every spring, refineries make the switch to summer-blend fuel, which is more resistant to evaporation at high heat but is more costly to make.

Legals for April, 2 2024

Legals for April, 2 2024

Chad Daybell on trial after deaths of wife and 2 children found buried in Idaho

Daybell also is charged with insurance fraud in connection with Tammy Daybell's death and two counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and grand theft by deception in the children's deaths.

Thunderstorm season is upon us

April has arrived, and we’ve already had one thunderstorm in the Coeur d’Alene area, which occurred March 27. Although we do get our share of thunder, lightning, hail and even a rare tornado, the severity of these storms does not compare to the ones seen east of the Rockies, especially in the Great Plains and the Midwest’s "Tornado Alley."

THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: STINK on stuff — Former Vandal and NFL player, and current analyst Schlereth, weighs in on football, former teammates and his nickname

“If I’ve got availability, have bags, will travel,” said Schlereth, currently an analyst for Fox Sports. “That’s where I am when it comes to helping out Idaho, because, to be honest with you man, being a kid that came out of Alaska, they’re the place that gave me the opportunity to continue to live out my dream of making it to the NFL, and nobody else seemed to be very interested in doing that. So, I owe them a debt of gratitude. Anytime I can pay that forward, I am definitely willing and able.”