Scotchman Peaks decision is not mine, it is yours
By U.S. Senator Jim Risch
Reader Contributor
When you vote next month in the primary election, language will be included on the ballot asking the community to decide “Do you …
By U.S. Senator Jim Risch
Reader Contributor
When you vote next month in the primary election, language will be included on the ballot asking the community to decide “Do you …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
In July 2002, Rita Brock, a Disciples of Christ minister, and Rebecca Ann Parker, former president of Starr King Theological School, set out on a …
By Matt Nykiel
Reader Contributor
“Look before you leap,” is good advice for anyone jumping into a cold lake or a big project. Likewise, the community of Sandpoint should examine …
By Pastor Colin Moody
Reader Contributor
If your mailbox is like mine, it’s chock-full of monthly bills, sales flyers and reminder postcards. Sometimes I’ll see a nice-looking envelope in the …
By Rev. Bob Evans
Reader Contributor
For those of us who are Christians, Jesus is the archetype of who we are born to be, and also, the one whose own …
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
There are a couple issues I’d like to address this week. First, I applaud Sandpoint High School students taking a stand in solidarity with …
By A.C. Woolnough
Reader Columnist
First, we need to establish who we are. As a community, we’re not exclusive — anyone can join. We do not discriminate based on age, …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
This is the second part of the “How to Argue” series where we take a look at logical fallacies, which are errors in reasoning that …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
We’ve all been there. You’re at the bar having a beer with friends and that loud blowhard comes in looking to change your mind about …
By Rep. Mat Erpelding and Sen. Jim Patrick
Reader Contributors
Washington politicians are taking aim at Idahoans again from our farmers, ranchers and dairymen to our technology workers. They are …
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