Press: Top stories of 2015

The slaying of Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore didn’t make international headlines or set every readership record for cdapress.com . But the tragedy left the community reeling, then slowly healing like few other events in our region’s history.That profound local impact is why the death of Sgt. Moore is the Story of the Year for The Press. The newspaper’s reporters and editors also concluded that despite breaking the news of Rachel Dolezal’s white-hot secret, The Press story’s impact locally was fascinating, but maybe not enduring. Fires that scorched thousands of acres, destroyed homes and filled our normally friendly summer skies with acrid smoke into November singed their way past Dolezal’s uncovering, too. Never an exact science, these year-end Top 10 Stories and Photos lists are always up for debate. What was most interesting, and how should that stack up against what’s most important? And in whose opinion, exactly? More here.

DFO: I agree with the Coeur d’Alene Press staff that the top local story of 2015 was the slaying of Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt Greg Moore. I also agree that the local fire and Rachel Dolezal stories would rank high, too. How about you? What was your top personal story of 2015?