Looking toward a more resilient Sandpoint
Katie Botkin
Reader Contributor
Los Angeles may be 1,200 miles away, but its wildfires still have many in Sandpoint asking “what if it happens here?”
The Southern California fires are …
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Local contestant from The Voice set to perform Friday show at the Heartwood
By Katie Botkin
Reader Contributor
Alexa Wildish called Sandpoint home before she appeared on The Voice in 2023. Millions tuned in to watch her sing her way to the playoffs, …
Citizen survey indicates wide opposition to proposed land use map
By Katie Botkin
Reader Contributor
Public input and has already had an effect on the controversial draft Land Use Map developed by the Bonner County Planning Commission.
At its July …
Pro-lifing us to death
By Katie Botkin
Reader Contributor
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering Idaho’s anti-abortion laws — laws that drove away the doctors who saved my baby’s life.
The question before the …
The language of freedom
By Katie Botkin
Reader Contributor
Would you be shocked if I told you that conservatives and liberals speak different languages, in an almost literal sense? It’s true. There are certain …
A bridge too far
By Katie Botkin
Reader Contributor
Activists have filed a notice of appeal against a state permit for a second railway bridge across Lake Pend Oreille. The Idaho Department of Lands …
Roy Moore was enshrined as a hero by Old Testament rape law devotees
By Katie Botkin
Reader Contributor
News recently surfaced that Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, who was just endorsed by the Republican National Committee, has ties to Vision Forum, a now-defunct, …
Cuba: an island of possibilities
By Katie Botkin
Reader Contributor
In Cuba, buying a pair of shoes can take multiple days, even if you’re walking around barefoot — traveling cross-country barefoot. And the best and …
Keeping the ‘peace and purity’ of a small town Idaho empire
By Katie Botkin
Reader Contributor
Natalie Greenfield was 13 years old when Jamin Wight began boarding at her family home.
A 24-year-old seminary student, Wight attended Greyfriars Hall, a Moscow-based …
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