By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist This one’s pretty heavy, dear reader — if you don’t want to feel bummed out, skip this page. Humanity’s history with medical experimentation dates to our earliest days as...
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor Idaho is lucky to have environmental experts looking out for public health when it comes to land use decisions that impact water quality. These experts were on hand to...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Publisher’s note: Brenden Bobby is off this week, so publisher Ben Olson is filling in for him. Anyone with access to an internet connection the past decade will have...
By Dick Sonnichsen Reader Contributor There is a pernicious, frustrating phenomenon sweeping across America: a disturbing escalation in the disingenuous manner we communicate with each other — a truth famine. Truthful discussion between rational...
By Mike Wagoner Reader Contributor I got the call on a Sunday afternoon… It was a neighbor of my folks back in Walla Walla, where I grew up. I was in Nashville where I...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff As fires rage in Idaho’s forests, the smoke hangs so thick sometimes in Sandpoint that its famous views take on a muted, ghostly pallor. Summer vacation, every kid’s dream,...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Jon Totten, a professional sailing instructor with a passion for the outdoors, asked himself one question as he walked along Sandpoint’s underutilized waterfront: “Where are all the kids?” He...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff For 22 years, North Idaho Children and Community Mental Health has provided a suite of critical resources for children and their families with mental health and developmental needs that...
By Drs. Amelia and Vince Huntsberger Reader Contributors The Idaho Legislature has enacted some of the strictest abortion laws in the country. The “total abortion ban” went into effect on Aug. 25, 2022 and...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Many in Bonner County consider both the human and non-human needs of their household equally important. With that in mind, several local organizations are teaming up to offer a...
