A Few Thoughts… On 58 visits to Nespelem
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Life is full right now. Time seems compressed, but on Saturday, I will take a day to travel to the Colville Reservation to visit a …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Life is full right now. Time seems compressed, but on Saturday, I will take a day to travel to the Colville Reservation to visit a …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Since J.R.R. Tolkien published his novel The Hobbit on Sept. 21, 1937, the thrilling tale has shaped the hearts and minds of readers across the …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Poets are students of humanity. It’s the poet’s job to witness the horrifying, gorgeous, nonsensical world and condense it, wrap it in metaphor and deliver …
By Reader Staff
Since its founding in 2003, independent publishing house Blue Creek Press has supported authors, promoted creativity and provided readers with a diverse catalog spanning genres from fiction …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
By now our community is far too familiar with the words “banned books.” North Idaho’s libraries are battlegrounds where a few attempt to limit the …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World has been a topic of censorship ever since it was first published in 1932. The dystopian speculative novel explores societal …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Science: just when you think you’ve got everything figured out, new evidence comes to light that says: “You don’t know squat!”
This happened recently at …
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 …
By Reader Staff
Three years after its official keel-laying ceremony at the shipyard in Quonset Point, R.I., the USS Idaho (SSN-799) is still under construction but will soon by plying …
By Patty Hutchens
Reader Contributor
It was once a place where abused and neglected children felt safe and loved. A place where some had first experienced sleeping on a bed …
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