By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Newly-installed Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is under fire for posing in a photo with conservative activists making hand gestures that some interpret to be a white-supremacist signal. Posted...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff PacWest, the company behind the proposed silicon smelter in Newport, Wash., will present at a Lakes Commission meeting March 28 in Priest River. The meeting, which is open to...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Idaho House killed a bill last week that would have raised the minimum age to get married in Idaho to 16 years old and required parental consent for...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff A bill that would make it harder for voters to qualify ballot initiatives in Idaho has advanced to receive a hearing. Sen. C. Scott Grow (R-Eagle), who introduced the...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff A pair of Bonner County bridges will see some much-needed repair in coming months thanks to a $250,000 grant from the Local Highway Technical Assistance Council. The two bridges...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff An Idaho bill would make it legal for anyone with an enhanced concealed carry permit to possess a firearm on public school grounds. Rep. Chad Christensen (R-Ammon), the legislator...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Frustrations between First District Court and the Idaho Department of Correction are apparent following allegations that justice officials are failing to follow through on presentence investigation appointments. According to...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to update the resolution which establishes an Emergency Management Services advisory committee. The use of a reinvigorated EMS advisory committee has been a...
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist “Jesus, a brown-skinned Palestinian Jew, called us to preach good news to the poor, the broken, the bruised, and all those who are made to feel unaccepted.” —Rev. William...
By Nick Gier Reader Contributor “If a human four-year-old has what it takes for legal personhood, then a chimpanzee should be able to be a legal person, too.” —Harvard Lecturer Steven Wise Many cracks have appeared...
