By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, does not regret his part in silencing Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, Tuesday night. In a statement on the Senate floor Wednesday, Risch vigorously defended his...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Lake Pend Oreille School District is circling the wagons in hopes a mumps outbreak in Spokane doesn’t reach North Idaho. With Spokane mumps cases growing worse by the day,...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A packed Sandpoint City Council meeting became contentious on Wednesday as North Idaho residents debated the merits of a Greenprint plan. Attendees spilled out into the City Hall lobby...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff District 1 Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, was restored to her committee assignments Wednesday morning after a punitive four-week suspension. The North Idaho lawmaker, who began her sophomore term this...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Editor’s Note: Cameron Rasmusson has been in Washington, D.C. the past ten days and is reporting based on first hand observations of Inauguration Day and the subsequent Women’s March....
By Cort Gifford Reader Contributor There were no cheering crowds, scent of hot dogs, or brass bands to stir the hearts of the faithful, but after weeks of seeming inactivity at the construction site...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Following a Clark Fork meeting that drew several people opposing the proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, is reminding people that there’s still plenty of time to...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Over 150 residents attended a meeting held by the Bonner County Planning Department at Northside School on Tuesday night. The meeting’s intent was to gather input from Selle Valley...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff It’s been a week of attacks and counterattacks in the Idaho House of Representatives following Rep. Heather Scott’s loss of her committee positions. The Blanchard Republican was stripped of...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Two Bonner County Sheriff’s deputies who were shot while serving a warrant in Blanchard are recovering, according to a statement released by Kootenai County Sheriff’s department. Bonner County Sheriff’s...
