By Rep. Ilana Rubel, D-Boise Reader Contributor Recently we’ve seen whiplash-inducing developments in the legal battle over women’s health in Idaho, but the underlying story is unchanged. Republican politicians are willing to force women...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff There is a truism attributed to early-20th century weird fiction writer H.P. Lovecraft: “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of...
By Jyl Wheaton-Abraham Reader Contributor I spoke recently at a public hearing regarding a permit request at the mouth of Trestle Creek. While numerous attendees raised concerns about wildlife, water quality and property rights,...
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor It’s been out of the public eye for months, but the battle over public access to Lake Pend Oreille at Camp Bay is not over. The latest court hearing...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff I blame Twilight on the Puritans. Vampires have featured in American culture and media for centuries, but never more so than in the past 50 years, with smash-hits like...
By Helen Newton Reader Contributor In 1944, Cecil Ereman purchased five acres on West Pine Street from A.C. Eidam, and from that site operated a private garbage collection service for subscribers in the city...
By Carrie Logan Reader Contributor I regret my decision as mayor of Sandpoint to create a new city position: city administrator. If I had it to do it again, I would not go down...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The last time I went up in a small aircraft from the Sandpoint Airport had to have been sometime between 2001 and 2002. A high-school friend of mine was...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Idahoans feel the impact of climate change every summer when temperatures skyrocket and fire season fills the air with smoke. Rising temperatures around the globe are affecting long-standing wine...
By Mike Wagoner Reader Contributor I hang tomato plants upside down in the windows of my cabin just before the frost, allowing all those green ones to slowly ripen as the late fall kicks...
