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MALLOY: Gilbert: Idaho is awash with cash, use it
July 25, 2022 11:49 a.m.

MALLOY: Gilbert: Idaho is awash with cash, use it

With Idaho bursting at the seams with money – a whopping $1.3 billion surplus – you know there will be a long list of people lining up for the windfall cash.

August 1, 2022 11:53 a.m.

Opinion: Hoops and lessons learned

For well over the past couple of decades Kellogg has hosted the SilverHoops 3on3 Basketball Tournament every last weekend of July. A simple concept of having three players play a little street ball against three other players on a hot summer day has turned into the largest basketball tournament in North Idaho and continues to bring teams from around the West.

MALLOY: Media bashing not new in Idaho politics
August 9, 2022 5:10 a.m.

MALLOY: Media bashing not new in Idaho politics

News flash: Conservatives hate the “liberal” media. Always have, and always will.

Malloy: Impeachment looms if Republicans prevail
September 12, 2022 12:18 p.m.

Malloy: Impeachment looms if Republicans prevail

Idaho Congressman Russ Fulcher says that better days lie ahead if Republicans gain control of the House of Representatives after November’s mid-term elections – a prospect that appears to be quite strong with soaring gas prices, run-away inflation and President Biden’s low approval rating.

MALLOY: Risch: Senate control far from decided
September 19, 2022 12:29 p.m.

MALLOY: Risch: Senate control far from decided

Idaho Sen. Jim Risch has every reason to hope that Republicans gain control of the Senate after November’s midterm elections. That would mean he would be back as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a lofty position he held during the Trump administration, and that fellow Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo would lead the Senate Finance Committee – assuming that he is re-elected.

MALLOY: Manweiler sees path to victory over Bedke
October 17, 2022 9:25 a.m.

MALLOY: Manweiler sees path to victory over Bedke

If Boise attorney Terri Pickens Manweiler wins the race for lieutenant governor, she may be thanking Rep. Pricilla Giddings and the Idaho Freedom Foundation for her victory. It’s not that Manweiler, a Democrat, is siding with the far right of the Republican Party – because she’s not. But Giddings, fresh from an attack-filled race with House Speaker Scott Bedke, has people of her ilk who view Bedke as a card-carrying RINO. The Idaho Freedom Foundation adds fuel to that fire by giving Bedke a failing grade in its “freedom index.”

November 1, 2022 10:22 a.m.

Special to the News-Press: Save the Civic Auditorium

Growing up in Wallace I heard a lot of stories about the history of the town. And, thanks to the hard work and forethought of the people in power throughout its history we have been able to preserve the things that make the town so great today.

November 14, 2022 11:59 a.m.

KUDOS: Big thanks to local do-gooders

Today, what could’ve been a dangerous explosion on a busy intersection, turned out to be many helping hands to clear the roadway in between the Dollar Tree and the road to Wal-Mart.

A Miracle Gift
December 2, 2022 9:53 a.m.

A Miracle Gift

A holiday poem from Wallace's own CornBread Wallace.

December 23, 2022 1 a.m.

SPECIAL TO THE NEWS-PRESS: More than a gymnasium

It is a great irony that while the midterm elections will be an important factor in determining the fate of our democracy, a grand and sacred war memorial, built in honor of the brave men and women who sacrificed their lives for their country, in defense of this democracy, is, once again, being threatened with destruction.