‘Slow down and pay attention’
By Rich Holub
Reader Contributor
My friend Bob was killed on Highway 95 yesterday [April 14]. Crushed, torn apart, burned. His passenger, a young man, was life-flighted to Spokane in …
By Rich Holub
Reader Contributor
My friend Bob was killed on Highway 95 yesterday [April 14]. Crushed, torn apart, burned. His passenger, a young man, was life-flighted to Spokane in …
By Ben Olson and Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Vehicles bearing license plates from Canadian provinces are a familiar sight in North Idaho, especially during the summer tourist season. Neighbors on …
By Lauren Necochea
Reader Columnist
Our government exists to serve the people. But another legislative session ruled by the Republican supermajority showed exactly what happens when one party has unchecked …
By Liam FitzGerald
Reader Contributor
“The truth will set you free.”
— John 8:32
On March 27, President Donald Trump issued an executive order, which, according to the White House, …
By Isabelle Manning
Reader Contributor
Growing up in the Bay Area, nature came with a schedule and a set of keys. For my family, it always took planning, packing and …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
One of the unexpected benefits of living through what may be the wholesale collapse of the United States’ civil, political and economic life is that …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Staff
One of the first things I did after moving to Sandpoint was enter a writing contest. I was pulled to the library by a flyer …
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle
Reader Contributor
The first regular session of the 68th Idaho Legislature adjourned April 5. The session spanned 89 days — typical in length, although 15 …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
I turned 74 last week, and I’m thinking of turning away from political commentary. I have tried for 25-plus years to get people to think …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Most sources credit Jean-Jacques Rousseau with writing, “When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich.” No one knows for …
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