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Opinion

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Updated 2 days, 2 hours ago

Idahoans should be alarmed by the scarcity of trial court candidates

Very few well-qualified lawyers have applied for Idaho district court positions in recent years. District courts h…

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Media is to blame for country's division

In 2002 CBS’ Bernie Goldberg wrote his NY Times best-selling book Bias which made the case national media were heavily biased to the left.

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Armed militia, politics and what happens next

In response to the Nov. 5 general election: I guess women and doctors will be prosecuted and jailed for private medical decisions concerning their own bodies.

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Winter pool year-round is very likely

First, let me commend you for your coverage of Monday (Oct 7th) evening’s update on the situation at Albeni Falls Dam by the Army Corp of Engineers. However, I think you missed key point in your headline, “Gate re…

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Charge raises many questions

I think we are all for legal immigration and hard-working people coming to our county. New families and friends are welcome when they arrive legally and assimilate into our country as law-abiding citizens.

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
The privilege of honoring local veterans

Let's unite in support of current and past members of our military

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Honoring Idaho's veterans on Veterans Day

Idahoans come together each Veterans Day to honor Idaho veterans because you clearly understand the importance of what veterans give each of us as Americans. …

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
What happened to honoring your opponent?

I was truly disgusted by the article about the recent comment by football radio broadcasters.

Updated 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Perspective: Following up, it's what we need to do

The Lake Pend Oreille and Albeni Falls Dam problems we experienced earlier this year continue to be a serious concern for all of us. Our federal representative…

Updated 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Parents have right to control children's access to media

Sorry, Ms. Palmer, parents should and do have a right to control what minors have access to. Especially school libraries. While you defend this material and paint this as a censorship or book-banning crime, others…

Updated 2 months ago
Road construction could go a lot faster

As we all drive around Sandpoint and surrounding areas, myself included, with all of the road construction going on I have noticed all of the people working on all of those projects must be employed by “The Standin…

Updated 2 months ago
Keeping missing servicemembers at forefront of national conscience

Through a Congressional Record Statement, I had the opportunity to honor Idaho’s and all of America’s prisoners of war and missing in action, recognize the com…

Updated 2 months ago
There's no need to panic about toilet paper

America produces 99% of all the comfort paper it uses,

Updated 2 months ago
Climate change consensus claim is liberal myth

Real science can be proven. Junk science cannot, because it’s “provisional.”

Updated 2 months ago
World's climate crisis is real, growing

The term “climate change denier” generally refers to someone who disagrees with one or more of the following observations: 1 temperatures are trending higher globally, 2. temperatures are rising because of human ac…

Updated 2 months ago
Hopefully, Long Bridge work lasts longer than last time

So now the Long Bridge in Sandpoint has gotten a new surface just has it was done a few years ago. That surface didn’t even make it through the first winter before it started to peel off.