MY TURN: Clearing up convention confusion

Support proposed Convention of States

Why are so many voters frustrated by the US economy? It's home prices

The United States is slogging through a housing affordability crisis that was decades in the making

Principal: No four-day school week at Charter Academy

Cd'A School District still considering budget options; pros and cons cited

The Post Falls School District went to a four-day school week. The Coeur d'Alene School District is considering it. In a recent letter to parents, Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy Principal Dan Nicklay left no doubt where his school stands on the issue.

Opening doors for the next generation

Rathdrum chamber showcases local job opportunities

Approximately 300 students filed through the “Opportunity Knocks” job fair hosted by the Rathdrum Chamber of Commerce at Timberlake High School on Wednesday. Students were able to meet representatives from several industries including banking, construction, fiber internet services, auto care and more.

EDITORIAL: Three big reasons for health, happiness

Residents enjoy Triple Crown of health care

OPINION: Party on

Political parties are private organizations. They are the manifestation of our freedom of association, our fundamental right to increase our persuasive capability by gathering with likeminded individuals to petition our government.

ART INSIGHTS Don't forget that two-letter word

Not all art requests are equal

What is the most outrageous, difficult or dangerous art project you have agreed to undertake?

Golden anniversary

NIC Wind Symphony to celebrate 50 years at March 20 concert

Bold beaming brass, lulling clarinets, triumphant trumpets, silky smooth saxophones. Instruments played in the North Idaho College Wind Symphony are as unique as the musicians themselves, each with their own individual music that completes the sound as a whole.

DEFENSE: Why we have 2nd Amendment

Whether local, state or federal, law enforcement has no mandate to protect a U.S. citizen. They all have a mandate to ENFORCE THE LAW. Our founding fathers understood this when adding the Second Amendment to the Constitution. The God-given right of self-defense of one’s person, family, property, cattle, horses, etc., is an individual responsibility — just part of a well-regulated militia.

Gary Charles McWilliams, 70

Gary Charles McWilliams, 70, of Smelterville, Idaho, went to be with the Lord on March 10, 2024, at Shoshone Medical Center in Kellogg, Idaho.

Richard Lynn (Rick) Geaudreau, 65

Richard Lynn Geaudreau passed away on October 15, 2023, in the woods he loved. Rick was born March 8, 1958, to Richard W. and Judy M. Geaudreau.

OPINION: The presidential election from hell

It’s amazing. Seventy percent of American voters don’t want to see a Biden-Trump rematch, yet that’s what the two major political parties are giving us.

Legals for March, 15 2024

James Crumbley, who bought gun used by son to kill 4 students, guilty of manslaughter in Michigan

Defense attorney Mariell Lehman said James Crumbley “obviously feels terrible” about what happened at the school. He faces a possible minimum sentence of as much as 10 years in prison.

Colorado snow storm knocks out power for thousands even as I-70 reopens

The heaviest accumulations were expected in Colorado's Front Range region, where the eastern plains meet the Rocky Mountains and the vast majority of the state's population lives

It's not just 'hang loose.' Lawmakers look to make the friendly 'shaka' Hawaii's official gesture

Some say the only requirement is an extended pinky and thumb. Others say shaking the shaka is a no-no.

Montana man used animal tissue and testicles to breed 'giant' sheep for sale to hunting preserves

In 2019, Schubarth paid $400 to a hunting guide for testicles from a trophy-sized Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep killed in Montana

THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: Where, oh where, is the Seahawks' next QB?

Seattle didn’t need a quarterback when Mahomes and Allen showed up in the draft, but there’s an opening for THE future star right now. Schneider and Macdonald are going to find a quarterback from someplace.

What goes around ...

Brian Hansen receives free 2024 Trax from Knudtsen Chevrolet

Bryan McConnaha, sales manager with Knudtsen Chevrolet, said they wanted to honor Hansen for what he did in June 2020, when in a gesture that stunned onlookers, he turned down the 2019 Trax and gave it to a Timberlake High School graduate.

Third Avenue Marketplace to open soon

New PF nonprofit of senior center, food bank aiming for April 1

Upgrades to the old Post Falls Senior Center building are nearing completion in preparation for the opening of the Third Avenue Marketplace, where food bank and senior services will be provided in one location. “We are so excited,” Executive Director Leslie Orth said Wednesday. “It’s surreal, it really is. We’ve needed this for so long.”