We need to fight opposition
(02/17/10)
Just when you think people across southern Idaho support the possibility of bringing a new fighter program to the...
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Local Boys Helping Out
July 30 at 6-9pm, Optimist Park ($5 per person)
Dr Weldy at St James
Dr Weldy at St James
Public Hearing
Anttonen comes to St James on Palm Sunday
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Editorials
We need to fight opposition
(02/17/10) Just when you think people across southern Idaho support the possibility of bringing a new fighter program to the...
Two vital hearings
(01/27/10) We know the public usually doesn't attend hearings, but there are two coming up where attendance is vitally important....
Two sides, one solid argument, no easy answers
(01/25/10) In a meeting last week, Elmore County's Planning and Zoning Commission began the daunting task of possibly amending the...
Cuts now to bone
(01/20/10) To Gov. Butch Otter's credit, every time he has ordered a holdback in state funding, due to declining state revenues,...
Budget plan hurts education
(01/13/10) Gov. Butch Otter's proposed budget for next year is a realistic appraisal of the sad state of the economy. It also is a...
Toward a better future
(12/30/09) Few people will be sorry to see 2009 fade into the history books. Like an obnoxious uncle who overstays his welcome,...
Try again for peace on earth
(12/23/09) "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." -- Luke 1:14 So spoke the angels more than...
Show your support for F-35
(12/16/09) We cannot urge citizens strongly enough to send e-mails or letters to the Idaho congressional delegation urging support...
Cops help fulfill dreams
(12/11/09) With so many people across the country so obsessed with the need to go shopping during the Christmas season, it...
Plan deserves a chance
(12/09/09) President Obama's speech to the nation last week outlining his strategy for Afghanistan has drawn fire from both the...
Do we have the patience?
(12/02/09) Sometimes, what you inherit becomes yours. Increasingly, the War in Afghanistan is becoming President Obama's war and...
Slow down on health care
(11/25/09) The health care bill is now in the senate for final debate. Like most people, we haven't had time to read the...
Time for Christian charity
(11/18/09) This is a particularly hard year for many area families as they approach Christmas. Although the Great Recession began...
Veterans sacrifice a lot
(11/11/09) The shootings in Fort Hood last week have brought a certain poignancy to this year's Veteran's Day celebration. Across ...
They're all bad choices
(11/04/09) President Barack Obama is having a hard time choosing what strategy to take in Afghanistan -- in part because all of...
Be respectful Saturday
(10/28/09) Over the last generation Halloween has slowly morphed into an event that is less about door-to-door trick-or-treating...
Consider all implications
(10/21/09) The city should tread very carefully as it mulls a possible plan to allow extension of a sewer beyond the city limits...
A little premature, but....
(10/14/09) President Obama's Nobel Peace prize seems a little premature for a man who has held office for less than a year. The...
No option looks good
(10/07/09) Some time in the next few weeks the Obama administration is going to make some hard decisions on the war in...
The real debate finally begins
(09/30/09) Now that this hysteria of the town hall meetings has subsided, Congress is starting to get serious about creating some...
Enough is enough
(09/23/09) Maybe we're just getting a little tired of the "dictatorship of the do-gooders," but the proposal to ban texting while... |
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