Legislative update: In praise of local health care providers
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Dover
Reader Contributor
I hope your summer is going well. The lake is up and warm, the skies are mostly clear, we have had a little …
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Dover
Reader Contributor
I hope your summer is going well. The lake is up and warm, the skies are mostly clear, we have had a little …
By Karen Matthee
Reader Staff
Health care providers throughout Idaho are sounding an alarm: A new law threatens to increase unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, drug abuse and mental health …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Staff
A young girl raised her hand and was called upon by former-President Gerald Ford. It was 1989. The girl asked, “Mr. Ford, what advice would …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
The first thing I noticed was the security wall which, in all honesty, was a relief. Because, in North Idaho, at an event like Pride, …
By Gil Beyer
Reader Contributor
Voting in the upcoming general election is even more important now than it was before July 1. This November may be the last chance we …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
There’s a patch of shade behind my house hidden under the drooping boughs of ocean spray shrubs. The only markers now separating it from the …
By Karen Matthee
Reader Contributor
Gray skies and a steady drizzle outside Bluebird Bakery’s windows on July 2 were a fitting backdrop to the somber mood inside as Bonner General …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
I had trouble mustering much Independence Day fervor during the past July 4 holiday, what with the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that makes the Spirit …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
“Rural” is difficult to define, but how to protect that character is at the heart of the debate over the future Land Use Map for …
By Jim Payne
Reader Contributor
“I’m sorry, sir, we’re fully booked,” said the smiling, white-haired woman busily tending luxuriant purple flowers in front of Wheatleys Farm B&B in Ashton Keynes, …
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