We have different types of alarms in our life in order to be prepared and to remind us of things that are important. Some alarms we can hit sn… Read more

Without a doubt this summer was better than it could have been for business in the Wood River Valley. As the COVID-19 pandemic exploded in Bla… Read more

“Courage, awe, respect, precision, patience”: These were the virtues that Hemingway honored in the hunter. From his perspective, hunting was a… Read more

For about two minutes during Wednesday night’s vice-presidential debate, a large, black fly planted itself on Vice President Mike Pence’s white hair. Read more

That the scene has become familiar makes it no less wrenching: A distraught couple searches through the ash, char, and melted metal of what wa… Read more

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Sept. 18 at the age of 87, will forever have two legacies. Read more

Like most Americans who have not spent the past decade broiling their brains in Fox News and right-wing radio, I watched President Donald Trum… Read more

In March, we learned how quickly COVID-19 can spread in our community. As we discovered more about this coronavirus, we worked to develop a be… Read more

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus reached 200,000 Tuesday. Read more

With large fires still raging around the West, we can all feel empathy for those who lost their homes and even entire communities, as well as … Read more

As President Donald Trump continues to recklessly paint mail-in ballots as nefarious liberal creations, as he tweets and squawks nonsensically… Read more

Our community’s demographics have changed significantly in the past two decades. The Blaine County School District now has 43 percent Hispanic… Read more

Great news, fellow Americans. Our tax dollars may now be used to help defend President Donald Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman… Read more

Idaho legislators missed an opportunity during last week’s special session to make it easier to vote during the coronavirus pandemic. Voting i… Read more

Newly obtained records from Idaho Department of Fish and Game reveal that between January and September 2020, recreational wolf hunters and tr… Read more

Jacob Blake didn’t kill anyone. He was shot seven times in the back by a police officer. Read more

A pair of controversial bills sponsored by local lawmakers have failed in utterly predictable—and repeatedly predicted—fashion. Read more

Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, has always looked and sounded to me like someone who should be arrested for fl… Read more

Blaine County public school children will return to school on September 8th under a plan that has them in class two days a week, while learnin… Read more

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s decision to choose Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate leaves President Donald “Scared” Trump wi… Read more

The angst many educators and parents have surrounding whether students should return to the classroom or learn on-line is not surprising given… Read more

As President Donald Trump and his cavalcade of Republican lemming impersonators work overtime to keep America No. 1 in coronavirus cases and p… Read more

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s decision to choose Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate leaves President Donald “Scared” Trump with little choice—he needs to dump Vice President Mike Pence.

The angst many educators and parents have surrounding whether students should return to the classroom or learn on-line is not surprising given the news we receive every day about the coronavirus’ spread in our state. In fact, the same debate is raging across the country.

As President Donald Trump and his cavalcade of Republican lemming impersonators work overtime to keep America No. 1 in coronavirus cases and pandemic ineptitude, the rest of the world is taking notice, with many shaking their heads and saying, “Wow, that country has really let itself go.”

2020 is an unprecedented year. Although residents of South-Central Idaho continue to face hardships that defy imagination, our communities have proven their resolve through a heroic commitment to stand together in this time of need. 2020 will surely be seen as a major historical juncture for…

In Idaho, our rich ranching heritage has existed for generations. Ranching has been a part of what has created our unique Western culture while providing a backbone for rural economies in our state. Ranching has managed to coexist in harmony with recreation for over 100 years without disrupt…

I’m black, and for years I’ve been saying that if you peel back a layer or two of anything, you find racism. People usually just look at me with polite skepticism. And I get it. How do you explain racism when it is so subtle and ingrained that it became invisible to white people generations ago?

The proposed Stanley to Redfish Lake trail is an important project for the public and the result of local efforts to bring to fruition a plan that’s been in the making for nearly 30 years now.

Let’s face facts, parents: Schools aren’t likely to open for in-person classes this fall, and if they do, it won’t be for long.

Although the Mountain Express claimed incorrectly in its July 24 editorial (“No mask, no mayor at City Hall”) that I did not abide by the Public Health Emergency Order, my hope is that it ends up creating a “teachable moment” for us all. A chance where we can all learn to spend a little more…

Idaho just ended its fiscal year with a surplus nearly three times what was expected before COVID-19.

President Donald Trump is right—Joe Biden, a known supporter of evil and Marxism and America-hating, wants to abolish the suburbs.

My mother suffers from advanced dementia. She has been in memory care in Coeur d’Alene for over a year and a half and was in an assisted living home in Eagle for three years prior.

To the mask-wearing and socially distanced few, the ones dutifully doing their part to slow the spread of the coronavirus across the country, this is for you.

The upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic has affected so much in our daily lives, particularly so for our children and grandchildren.  Over 300,000 young Idahoans are educated in our public schools, a time-honored learning process that was severely disrupted last spring, perhaps as ne…

If I had to choose between spending time with one good dog or five good people, I’d pick the dog every day of the week and twice on Sundays.

Voters rightly elect legislators to be present to debate and vote, and Idahoans have a right to participate by viewing the proceedings, communicating their views and participating in public hearings. Citizen participation is expected by the people of Idaho and encouraged by our federal and s…

Blaine County has already proven there are superheroes among us—and not just the frontline workers. In March we were hit hard by COVID-19 and you did the right thing. We flattened the curve.

The celebration of Independence Day this year will be unlike any other.

On May 19, the Hailey City Council in a Zoom meeting voted to approve another massive development project with virtually all associated future costs becoming the burden of taxpaying property owners, those on limited, fixed incomes possibly being taxed out of their homes, forced to subsidize …

As an ardent supporter of (our great) President Donald Trump, I say it’s high time he demand formal apologies from his two most notorious and dishonest critics: numbers and words.

Trump’s Agriculture Department has signed agreements with 12 state governments mandating “fuel reduction” and “restoration” treatments on national and state forests. With deceptive semantics, skewed science and timber town economics, the result will be tree cutting on a broad scale. On the f…

Summer learning has never been more essential.

Just when it seemed the year 2020 had fully embraced an “All Bad News, All The Time” format, the U.S. Supreme Court let some light break through our dark days.

Like many Americans, I watched in horror the cell-phone video of the murder of George Floyd. His death is a heart-wrenching tragedy, and Mr. Floyd’s killers must be brought to justice.

As an astute observer of present-day presidential politics, I’m baffled by the way presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is behaving.

We, the teachers of the Wood River High School Equity Task Force, are committed to confronting systemic inequalities and racism by taking action to ensure that all students have access and success in our school. We are learners and activists for our students and families of color. As such, w…

Nosotros, los maestros del Equipo de Educadores Luchando por la Igualdad de la escuela secundaria Wood River High School, estamos comprometidos a combatir las desigualdades y el racismo del sistema. Nosotros estamos tomando las medidas necesarias para asegurar que todos los estudiantes tenga…