By Jennifer Ekstrom Reader Contributor I recently had the great honor to attend the Upper Columbia United Tribes’ conference on transboundary mining pollution in lovely Osoyoos, British Columbia. Indigenous speakers there illuminated that toxic,...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff I did the math the other day, and figured out I’ve covered Sandpoint City Hall under six mayors: David Sawyer, Ray Miller, Gretchen Albrecht-Hellar, Marsha Ogilvie, Carrie Logan and now...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Classic movie monsters usually have a long literary tradition in Gothic or horror novels, but that isn’t the case for the zombie, which made the jump almost immediately from...
By Mitchell Etheridge Reader Contributor On a brisk, muddy April afternoon, my girlfriend, Lily, and I arrived at a humble farm nestled between Moyie Springs, Idaho, and the Montana state line. Ronnigers Organics, established...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Tradition is a curious concept. Do something once, it’s a lark. A few times, a habit. Often, perhaps you’re forming a custom. At some point, after time and repetition,...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Contributor A couple of days into this year’s rifle hunting season, my husband Alex sent me a photo. The text notification made my heart race. He’d been gone for a...
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...
