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Opinion

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Updated 3 months, 3 weeks ago

OPINION: The party’s over, life goes on

Recently, I sent a note to editors and friends saying I was stepping aside from column writing and pursuing other …

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
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 …

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
LETTER: Plastic pollution must stop

Our environment is being threatened by plastic pollution. Studies predict that by 2050 plastics will account for about 20 percent of total oil consumption, up from about 8 percent today. It is predicted that by the…

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
LETTER: Finish Teeters Field!

While I would argue that Teeters Field is possibly the best venue in all of high school sports, it does need some TLC. A few years ago, the city and the school district were notified by the IHSAA (Idaho High Schoo…

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
MALLOY: Critchfield ponders ‘new culture’ for education

Debbie Critchfield of Oakley, the Republican candidate for state superintendent of public instruction, isn’t running against the two-term incumbent that she de…

Updated 2 years, 10 months ago
Labrador looks ahead, but not too far

Former Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador is a politician who is loathed by his detractors and practically idolized by his supporters to the right. There is littl…

Updated 2 years, 10 months ago
PLANT NOTES: Thimbleberry Flower

A woodland treat growing beside the trail, Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) or redcap, is found throughout the northwestern United States, Alberta and British …

Updated 2 years, 10 months ago
MALLOY: Media bashing not new in Idaho politics

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

Updated 2 years, 10 months ago
How times have changed

Forty-eight years ago, on August 8th, 1974, Richard Nixon resigned the presidency.

Updated 2 years, 10 months ago
LETTER: I Love Kellogg

I was born and raised in the Silver Valley and it will always be home to me. As our world goes through challenging times with the economy, hate, crime, or whatever personal challenges we face, it is nice when we wi…

Updated 2 years, 10 months ago
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 o…

Updated 2 years, 10 months ago
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.

Updated 2 years, 11 months ago
LETTER: Just common sense

I see that Idaho's Republican Party has come up with the same official resolution that Texas did, totally accepting Trump's big lie that Biden is not the legitimate president.

Updated 2 years, 11 months ago
River Danger

On July 16, our family of 9 adults experienced the danger mentioned in the CDA article about floating the North Fork of the CDA river.

Updated 2 years, 11 months ago
MALLOY: Why I do what I do... at 72

Eighteen years ago, I didn’t think I’d make it this far – especially after a cardiologist told me that I was a candidate for “dropping” at any time. But here I…

Updated 2 years, 11 months ago
MALLOY: Democrats look to broaden appeal

Are you a Republican who is fed up with the right-wing direction of the GOP? Are you tired of the party’s ties with the Idaho Freedom Foundation, the National …