Guest Opinion

It hurts when trust gets broken, doesn’t it?

After congratulating my wife and me on one of our 20-something wedding anniversaries, a bachelor friend noted that he had been married almost that long, only to three different women. Wife No. 1, the mother of his children, had lasted the longest, nearly 15 years. With Wife No. 2, whom he affectionately called the Black Widow, things were rocky after about six months.

In many respects, 2024 was the unfortunate year of the owl – the barred owl, long protected across the nation under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act – that ended up in the crosshairs of our own federal government.

By Mia Parker

By John Bryant

As the president of the Idaho Academy of Family Physicians, I’m compelled to address a pressing issue that impacts the health and safety of mothers in our state: the urgent need for a health exception to Idaho’s abortion bans.

By Bob Maxwell

By Mike Barenti and Jackson Pincus

As the CEO of the Spokane Business Association and former CFO for the city of Spokane for 18 years, I am deeply concerned about proposed changes to Spokane City Council’s rules. These changes are being rushed through and are set for a vote Monday. If adopted, the changes will further diminish the ability of our city government to address Spokane’s most pressing needs, such as the ongoing public safety crisis in our downtown and neighborhoods including the critical need for effective programs to assist our most vulnerable populations.

By Karen Mobley and Skyler Oberst

By Shaun Cross

By Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Solicitor Bob Anderson

By Leanne Berge

By Kelly Schmier

By David Condon

By Jason Clark and Dr. Usha Sankrithi

By Mayor Lisa Brown