Mike’s Corner: I don’t want the stick
By Mike Wagoner Reader contributor It was right about the time I got my first real job… teaching school… when I decided to get a dog. I had taught that first year in Walla...
Category: Living Life
Emily Articulated: Millennial mom dread
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist I recently came across an article, the title of which grabbed me so tightly that I was forced to stop — mid-charge of a busy day — and read...
Sing, arachnid, sing
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Kids are the creators and caretakers of humanity’s wisdom. Without their innocence, curiosity and ability to dream, none of our great creations or feats would exist. I was recently...
YEAR IN REVIEW: 2023
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff We’ve been doing these retrospectives every year since 2020, and so far the ’20s have lived up to their reputation for being “roaring.” Just reading the list of big...
Utilities Commission accepting comments on increased water hook-up fees in Blanchard
By Reader Staff CDS Stoneridge Utilities, based in Blanchard, is asking the Idaho Public Utilities Commission for permission to raise the rates it charges customers for new water hook-ups in the community it serves...
Emily Articulated: Tomorrow’s problems
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist The ground crunched with every step I took, its dirt pocked with vertical frost crystals midway through heaving themselves from their depths to the sky — a journey cut...
The days of innocence
By Ben Olson Reader Staff I recently interviewed a young lady named Raye Johnson for a feature story this week (read “Raye of Hope,” Page 15). To put it lightly, Raye is an inspiration....
Raye of Hope
By Ben Olson Reader Staff For the past six years, Raye Johnson has experienced a different Christmas than most 10-year-old girls. While others are home playing with their presents, sitting by a warm fire...
Gift Guide 2023: Weird and wonderful
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The idea of a “weird gift” might make locals reminisce on the store Zany Zebra — may it rest in peace — which sold such oddities as squirrel underpants...
You wrestle like a girl
By Justin Henney Reader Contributor About nine years ago I asked my oldest daughter, Adeline (then in third or fourth grade), if she would try wrestling with a local wrestling club. She agreed to...
