From refugee to Idaho farmer:
By Jen Heller Reader Contributor It was the wet and muddy spring of 2011. En route to an agricultural internship in Sandpoint, I stopped over in Boise for a few months to get my...
Category: Opinion
Christmas Carols:
By Melannie Wurm Reader Contributor In honor of the Christmas Carols you are by this time of year, undoubtedly unable to escape (does every store really have to be playing “Jingle Bell Rock”?), here...
The Straight Poop: Eve’s Leaves
By Drake the Dog Reader Staff Where am I taking my humans today? It’s snowy night in Sandpoint, and I’m all decked out with a bright light secured on my red puffy coat. The...
State Representative supports Syrian refugees with open letter
By Rep. Hy Kloc, Boise (D) Reader Contributor I was born in a Displaced Persons Camp in Essen, Germany, at the end of World War II. My father Sam, my mother Libby, and my...
The refugee question:
(Editor’s Note: This is a point / counterpoint article by Ken Meyers and Dan McDonald.) By Ken Meyers Reader Contributor Two events are on a collision course. One is the refugee crisis produced by...
Taxi Tales:
By Louie de Palma Reader Road Warrior It’s pretty damn hard sometimes to know the right thing to do. If you’re presented with the option to buy a known conflict diamond, most people probably...
Impacting the Community:
By Donna Brundage Reader Contributor It is sometimes overwhelming for an organization created to defend against discrimination, irrationally based hatred and open bigotry to function within an orchestrated culture of fear. While the role...
Let’s welcome Syrian refugees to the Palouse
By Nick Gier Reader Staff On November 21, an estimated 700 people participated in a “Rally for Solidarity with Refugees in Idaho” at the Statehouse. A friend who attended said that “the crowd enthusiastically...
Good job, you princes of Sandpoint
By Tim Henney Reader Staff On Friday night, Nov. 13, the civilized world shuddered. One hundred and thirty people were slaughtered and 350 or more hospitalized in Paris by ISIS murderers. The next day...
The Worst of Circumstances:
By Zach Hagadone Reader Contributor As surely as the sun rises and winter leads to snow, trust in Idaho leaders to stumble over themselves in a race to be counted on the wrong side...
