Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson Reader Staff Not long ago, I was having one of “those days.” It was the kind of morning that started with a coffee burn on my tongue and a drawer full...
Category: Opinion
Mask order is no attack on freedom
By Cynthia Dalsing Reader Contributor I take issue with Steven Bradshaw, Bonner County commissioner, after his recent diatribe against a public mask mandate by the Panhandle Health Department [News, “Education, not enforcement,” Nov. 25,...
Talking Turkey
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff History is rough. So rough, that most people prefer to ignore it or concoct their own self-pleasing version of it. The central problem is that history is simply inconvenient;...
What we’re thankful for
A Fresh Perspective By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff This year, I’ve been given the opportunity to feel small. This has come partially from my constant consumption of news about the virus, election and other...
Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist This Thanksgiving looks a bit different than last, with fewer miles traveled and loved ones feeling the distance of six feet apart. It won’t be a day with plates...
Giving thanks for ‘natural time’
By Phil Hough Reader Contributor I am thankful to have wild places to wander in and find the time. The natural time. In wilderness, time flows from very natural and regular rhythms. Since spring,...
A safe holiday season
By Ben Olson Reader Staff While Thanksgiving is usually a time when family comes together — often for the only time of the year — with COVID-19, many families are rethinking their holiday plans....
Mayor’s Roundtable
By Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor The growing community spread of COVID-19 in North Idaho is worrisome. Bonner General Hospital reported on Saturday, Nov. 14 it had moved into contingency mode to accommodate...
Scroll no more
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff While having a conversation with a friend about social media usage, she told me she planned to take some time away from Facebook because she felt it would improve...
An integral process
By Ben Olson Reader Staff As ballots were still being counted across the country in the tight presidential race that has widely been projected as a win for former-Vice President Joe Biden, Idaho had...
