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Opinion

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Updated 4 days, 3 hours ago

Protecting our water resources in Idaho

District 1 legislators discuss local issues and concerns in the weekly Notes from Boise column.

Updated 4 months ago
How will real Republicans respond to Trump's term?

A second Trump term will have a larger impact on certain groups than others. One of them is the Republican Party. The party of Regan is dead, or so Trump would like you to believe. Now let us see if real Republican…

Updated 4 months ago
Giving thanks for the wild places

It’s hard to truly know the healing power of nature, until you experience it. My recovery is not complete, but since August, I feel like I’m on the pathway bac…

Updated 4 months ago
Holidays and the relativity of time

I am not predisposed to write a treatise on how much faster the Big Three holidays arrive each year as one ages, but in Special Theory of Relativity, Einstein determined that time is relative -- in other words the …

Updated 4 months ago
Service station owners aren't getting rich

Pop quiz. Who were these men? What was the common denominator among them? Alphabetically, Beaner J., Bill G., Bill H. and John H., Bruce D., Buck C., Dave D., Eddie N., Gene S., Jim A., Paul K., Paul T., Pinky C., …

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
God leads us in our public service

“The Preamble to the Idaho State Constitution says; We, the people of the state of Idaho, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and promote our common welfare do establish this Constitut…

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
Primary elections: All inclusive

Let’s be honest the 2024 Proposition 1 was excessive. The old adage of KISS was out the window. It encompassed two separate voting issues which on legislation should never be allowed.

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
Bradshaw needs to admit he's moved away

Why not be a man and admit you moved to Texas and give the money you were paid recently back to Bonner County?

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
Thoughts on the political past and future

One hundred years ago, Republican Calvin Coolidge defeated Democrat John Davis and Robert La Follette, Progressive Party. The election was analyzed in the Northern Idaho News by editor, Don Moore.

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
We need to appreciate those who take their jobs seriously

Perhaps we could all be a bit less self-absorbed and more self-aware, and even appreciative that people take their jobs seriously.

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
Don't deprive youth of strong public education

I must say that by not voting to support your local school district, You are not only not making America great again, but you are not supporting your children and ruining your community. The children deserve an opp…

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
Elections and the lesser of two evils

As part of raising our kids, we included political education. As the national elections approached, I would explain we would be voting for “the lesser of two evils.”

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
Just wait for the upcoming political shows

How's everybody enjoying the warm-up act? You know, the current skirmish between Bradshaw, Herndon and their dysfunctional Republican party.

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
Honoring the workers behind Idaho's historic election

The Nov. 5 general election was a historic milestone for Idaho. With over 900,000 ballots cast, we achieved the highest total voter turnout in state history. T…

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
The perfect storm expected to land Jan. 20

Date of perfect storm approaching

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
Junk science is nothing but nonsense

My challenge to Jack DeBaun and his pseudo-scientific sources: Real science proves that gravity exists. If you don’t believe that science proves anything, then throw something off a cliff and see which way it goes.…