By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Trump administration walked back a temporary pause on a swath of federal loans and grants Jan. 29, adding a coda to more than 24 …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The headlines in the Pend d’Oreille Review of Friday, Nov. 8, 1918 sound eerily familiar: “Republicans Win County Election”; “With No New Cases of ‘Flu’ …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Veterans Day is a reminder to honor those who have served and are currently serving. It’s also a time to recognize those members of our …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
North Idaho author Michael Jacobson started writing in the 1980s, but did not pursue the trade seriously until 1993, when he was discharged from the …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Between Halloween, the hubbub of the 2020 General Election, chaos wrought by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the run-up to Thanksgiving, it would have been …
By Michael Jacobson
Reader Contributor
Some people don’t know how to make it back. Such is the case with Raymond’s brother, James. He took his own life one day. The …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Air Force fighter pilots and maintainers have traditionally been male, but the future looks a lot different as more and more females join the ranks …
By Bill Collier
Reader Contributor
Dear fellow human being and co-resident of planet earth:
I am a combat veteran. I have seen the carnage, mayhem, death, abysmal destruction and colossal …
By Jim Ramsey
Reader Contributor
In early summer in 2012, my wife and I were walking from the train station in Arles, in southern France, to our hotel when we …
By Jim Ramsey
Reader Contributor
Capitalizing on the availability of surplus military helicopters, a local firm is currently “demilitarizing “ the revered Sikorski UH-60A Blackhawk—tailoring it for a number of …
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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