By Ranel Hanson Reader Columnist “Wherever you are planted in life, bloom with courage and grace.” — adapted from Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622) I can think of two people who epitomize this sentiment....
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Father’s Day is Sunday, so I thought I’d cover a few topics that the dads out there might enjoy; motorcycles, golf and beer. I rode my first motorcycle in...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Remember back in June 2020 when armed militia-types patrolled our downtown to protect us from “vans of Antifa” that were coming from out of the area to burn down...
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist Sometimes, I am guilty of not being the best mom. Sometimes, I am distracted. (A lot of the time, actually.) Sometimes, I can be found sending emails to...
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor One overarching theme that has emerged from land use decisions by the Bonner County Board of Commissioners is the assertion that the 2008 zoning designations for the county are...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff By the time this story makes it into newsprint and the hands of our readers, I’ll be neck-deep in the final two days of school. I am blessed to...
By Adrian Murillo Reader Contributor There are some crimes that are so monstrous it hurls you far beyond your fear of the perpetrators or those agitators who urge them on. Staying silent is not...
By Tim Bearly Reader Contributor “Welcome brothers and sisters, to the Temple of the Invisible Hand of Adam Smith; a sacred place of worship, where our glorious free-market system can be praised and upheld...
By Cate Huisman Reader Contributor My earlier piece about what we can’t do to address our crisis in workforce housing [Reader, Opinion, “What we can’t do to address our housing crisis,” April 21, 2022]...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The morning after the election, I took a walk. The dark computer screen across the room beckoned me to waggle the mouse and wake it while I tied my...
