By Amy AndersonReader Contributor The Roadless Rule protects 58 million acres of our most intact, unlogged national forests from road building ,which facilitates industrial logging, mining, drilling and other industrial activities. The Trump administration...
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-SagleReader Contributor In the past decade, we have made substantial investments in Idaho’s future by investing in infrastructure. Rural sewer and water, state and local transportation, and schools have been...
By Dave BrittonReader Contributor I write this on “Constitution Day,” Sept. 17, 2025, in the wake of last night’s monthly session of the Bonner County Republican Central Committee at which the chair, Scott Herndon,...
By Dr. Andrew VizcarraReader Contributor Bonner County has recently seen a confirmed case of measles — something many families haven’t encountered in decades. Measles is an ancient disease with known patterns of infection, rates...
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist I came across a post on the “Sandpoint Local Forum” Facebook page from a woman outraged that an emergency contraception pill had been placed in the public bathroom of a...
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor At 1 a.m. on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend, 76 unaccompanied children were awakened without warning and loaded onto planes bound for Guatemala. No explanation. No due process. Just...
By Ben OlsonReader Staff A few of our readers reached out after reading “Dumb of the Week” in the Sept. 4 edition to point out my claim that President Donald Trump buried his ex-wife...
Program cuts will cost more than supposed savings By Karen Perkins RoblesReader Contributor I am a survivor of childhood abuse, domestic violence and violent crime. I live with complex post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar...
By Sandpoint Mayor Jeremy GrimmReader Contributor Many of us feel the pinch of rising costs, from groceries to gas to utility bills. Taxes are no exception, and people are right to expect that their...
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Dumb springs eternal, and it feeds a well that will never run dry. Recent statements from President Donald Trump might have ended a politician’s career in years past. Now? Well,...
