Musings on the Media
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor With the Fox in the White House, the fourth estate is in shambles. As products of the enlightenment, our founding fathers established our democratic republic on the bedrock of...
Category: Opinion
Volunteers kick off eighth water quality monitoring season with Waterkeeper
By Chantilly Higbee Reader Contributor A team of dedicated water stewards wrapped up training sessions in April and May, and will now be kicking off their 8th season monitoring water quality on Lake Pend...
Mayor’s Roundtable: The real story on education
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor Speaking with many of the leading employers in our region, I know that the number-one challenge for local business recruitment and retention is education. Because Idaho ranks next...
A short history of religious violence in Sri Lanka
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist “The sword is pulled from the scabbard, it is Not put back unless smeared with blood.” —from a Sri Lankan Buddhist battle song. Over the past 36 years I’ve...
Sh*t my mom says
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Moms all have their sayings. Some are silly, others are used to keep you in check. Some sayings become more useful the older you get. Here are a select...
Overwhelming majority support an EIS for rail proposal
By Matt Nykiel Reader Contributor The results are in — more than 2,660 people submitted comments to the U.S. Coast Guard overwhelmingly in support of an Environmental Impact Statement to more closely analyze BNSF...
Looking back on the 2019 legislative session
By Sen. Jim Woodward Reader Contributor Dear friends and neighbors of Legislative District 1, The first regular session of Idaho’s 65th Legislature is complete. Spanning 95 days, the session was 15 days longer...
An Appeal to the Economy
By Tim Beary Reader Contributor Dear you, Sorry to hear about your recent misfortune. It sounds like you’ve had a stroke of bad luck (forgive me, I couldn’t avoid the pun). I suppose...
On The Lake: A response to Mr. Bordenave
By Steve Holt Reader Contributor As the Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper, we are unapologetic in our call for a thorough and independent Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed BNSF Sandpoint Junction Connector project. Contrary...
Journalism matters
By Jackie Henrion Reader Contributor David Barsamian, founder of Alternative Radio Boulder, gave a talk to a packed house in the “Rude Girls Room” at the Bonner County Library on Thursday, April 18. He...
