By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
Many concerned citizens have contacted me recently regarding the proposed silicon smelter in Newport, Wash. As reported in the Reader on October 12, 192 …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
If you’re openly inciting violence, that’s a problem. But other than that,
we can’t start doing this filtering of people’s words and what they say.…
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
I watched the Ken Burns’ and Lynn Novick’s “The Vietnam War” on Spokane’s Channel 7, primarily because it offered two viewings each evening. At end …
By Scarlette Quille
Reader Columnist
About a week ago I was sitting comfortably surfing the net enjoying the fast wifi at my bearded companion’s house when I heard a gunshot.…
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
This article is the third of a four-part series describing my goals and priorities as mayor of Sandpoint. Those are: 1) Engage the public …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Editor’s note: In commemoration of Idaho Forest Products Week, Brenden Bobby has dedicated this week’s column to the many uses of forest products.
Our forests …
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
Once again our country is in a state of acute stress. We’ve experienced something so horrific that we struggle to make sense of it and …
By Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
This article is the second installment of a four-part series through October describing my goals and priorities as mayor of Sandpoint. Those are: 1) Engage …
By Levi B. Cavener
Reader Contributor
One can’t blame the Albertson Foundation for wanting to avoid an appearance that it continues meddling in public affairs. After spending years in an …
By Stan Myers
Reader Contributor
It was greatly surprising that in his lengthy and thoughtful essay on wilderness and wildlife management in Idaho, Al Van Vooren made no reference to …
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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