By Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise Reader Contributor Every Idahoan deserves to feel safe and welcome in our state. It is inspiring to watch the growing movement for our freedom to live authentically and choose...
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint Reader Contributor The 2024 presidential race is upon us. Idahoans will have a say in the selection process twice (primary and general election), but just how we decide is...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff My old Montessori school once stood imposingly tall — for a toddler — between the Sandpoint Charter School and the roaring traffic of U.S. Highway 2. I remember it...
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist It was, perhaps, not my finest moment. I might have treated one Sandpoint land baron as a proxy for them all. I might have been unkind and unfair....
By Luke Omodt, County Commissioner, Dist. 3 Reader Contributor During their summer meeting, the Idaho GOP adopted Rule XX, which states: “The Idaho Republican Party is a private organization dedicated to the promotion of...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Many years ago, I worked with an otherwise excellent journalist whose main failing came in the form of the lede: “It’s that time of year again.” For real, this...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff This July, the House Oversight Committee’s national security subcommittee heard testimony from multiple military officials alleging the existence of alien life — and, confirming the long-held suspicions of many,...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff At 10 years old, in the city of love and lights, I stood at the feet of the Eiffel Tower and looked warily around at the crowd. My mom...
By Susan Geise Reader Contributor It happened again, just a few minutes ago. As it often does. Perhaps as it was intended from the start. At first, I thought I was alone in the...
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor Idaho is lucky to have environmental experts looking out for public health when it comes to land use decisions that impact water quality. These experts were on hand to...
