March 1 is the beginning of Women’s History Month. And it matters to me—a middle-aged, college-educated, white man, raised in upper middle-cla… Read moreHerstory

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Each month, many contentious issues fill our Blaine County School District board meeting agenda. Few are as contentious as changing the school calendar. We are currently engaged in this process and have received hundreds of emails detailing the concerns of parents, many on the topic of a pot…

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The move by the city of Ketchum to incorporate the Blaine County Housing Authority into its operations is a step that might rescue the authority from years of wallowing like a disabled boat in rough seas.

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President Joe Biden’s long experience in foreign affairs enabled him to build the strong relationships he has used to return America to its place in the world as the premier defender of democratic countries in concert with our NATO allies.

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Idaho code states that “no person may allow a dog to take, chase, pursue, or kill any big game animal. Any dog found running at large and which is actively tracking, pursuing, harassing, attacking or killing deer or any other big game animal may be destroyed without criminal or civil liabili…

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Biodiversity is a term used to describe the enormous variety of life on earth. What we do in protecting or destroying any part of it in one place has long-reaching effects in another: the withering of our natural landscapes, destruction of fertile areas, disruption or loss of rivers, loss of…

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On Jan. 20, the city of Sun Valley sent an unsigned letter on traffic concerns to Fairway Road neighbors. The unsigned letter was filled with misleading statements. It was insensitive and had a divisive tone, intended to pit neighbor against neighbor. While many residents questioned who sent…

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When I worked as a prosecutor handling domestic violence cases, I was often asked the same question: “Why does she stay with him?” The answers are as simple as they are complex. Imagine being hit or verbally assaulted on a first date. If that were the case, there would be no second date and …

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Access to the courts and fair legal representation is the backbone of the American justice system. Unfortunately, as the legal community in Idaho well knows, our state is facing a federal judicial crisis caused by an overburdened court system that threatens access to justice.

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People told me something I’ve never heard before as I was knocking on doors last year: “Stop the crazy!” Voters are concerned about increased extremism and inflammatory rhetoric in the Idaho Legislature: a fear-mongering alphabet soup of acronyms (CRT, SEL, DEI, ESG, etc.), witch hunt task f…

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The answer to the question of whether the city of Sun Valley should approve a rezone that will allow development of housing for private-school teachers is staring it in the face.

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Small towns are an endangered species. As urban sprawl spreads, communities shift from a quaint home town into something that resembles a metropolis. In order to ensure our towns here in Blaine County are on the path towards sustainable growth, we must work together and communicate as a community.

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On the 12th of January, 2023, my daughter Ming died in Maui. All her life she had avoided doctors and medical matters, so that by the time a biopsy revealed the cancer it was very advanced. As we expected, she refused the radiation and chemotherapy and surgery she was automatically offered, …

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We, the students of Sun Valley Community School’s Holocaust class, have spent the winter term learning about and engaging with the history surrounding the Holocaust, hoping to help others correctly remember the event and apply it to our lives and our day. We want people to fully understand t…

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High on a mesa where everyone can see it, a trophy house is going up in the northern Colorado valley where I live. Some of my neighbors hear that the house will be as big as 15,000 square feet. Others say it will take three years to complete. Whether that is valley gossip or truth, the house…

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Weldon Angelos was a low-level pot dealer in Utah when he was arrested for selling marijuana while carrying (but not using) a firearm. The charges carried a heavy mandatory minimum sentence: 55 years. The federal judge who had to impose the sentence for two drug transactions called it “unjus…

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The Idaho Legislature and Gov. Brad Little kicked the anthill when they banned abortion in the state of Idaho and criminalized providers. Now they are trying to figure out how to round up the ants.