By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners made two decisions at the March 25 business meeting that will affect future population density and land use, approving a 182-day moratorium on all minor land...
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 already on track to...
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, and now she’s back...
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 30 meeting — following...
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 Supreme Court on April...
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 words and phrases each...
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 granted Burlington Northern Santa...
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, politically-involved ministry that put...
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 worst of the place...
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 ministry training program co-founded...
