By Reader Staff As poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote, “In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” While that may be true for some, others are thinking about planting...
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff After several years of planning, the Bonner County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously April 14 to purchase software and card readers for its 11 staffed solid waste collection sites, allowing...
By Timothy BraatzReader Contributor Scott Herndon, who is running for the Idaho senate, poses as a “small-government conservative.” In reality, he yearns for an intrusive state government to impose his extremist ideology on Idaho....
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist I was gifted my first Harry Potter book in third grade. It was wrapped alongside my siblings’ copies, with strict instructions to wait our turn and read them in order....
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor The government closest to the people governs best, but Idaho Republicans only seem to believe that until local leaders disagree. In recent years, the GOP supermajority has overridden local control...
By Reader Staff Ponderay Rotary recently announced that it has purchased and donated an automated external defibrillator for Ponderay’s skating rink, The Pond, and held a training session for the staff and club members...
By Georgia EarleyReader Contributor During a CNN interview with Jake Tapper in January, Steve Miller, top adviser to the current administration, stated while discussing the potential U.S. annexation of Greenland and other military actions: ...
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor With great power comes great responsibility. We should expect our elected leaders to conduct themselves according to the highest ethical standards. Sadly, a Republican proposal would make it easier to...
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff We’re more than halfway through March, and already the local stores are flooded with spring-planted bulbs, seed packets and wildflower mixes by the pound. Even though winter showed up (for...
By Stephanie PetersonReader Contributor My dad, Brett Peterson, was born and raised in Sandpoint and spent his later years working for B.F. Redi-Mix. Like many people in our community, he built his life around...
