Groups go to court to get wolves relisted in Montana and Idaho
By Darrell Ehrlick
Daily Montanan
A prediction, several years in the making, came true on April 8 when an alliance of nearly a dozen conservation groups filed suit against the …
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Judge finds racist robocaller liable for 4,959 illegally spoofed calls
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Justice finally caught up with Scott Rhodes, a man who lived briefly in Sandpoint while conducting a yearslong campaign of hate through racist robocalls directed …
Area Gray wolves denied Endangered Species Act protection
By Soncirey Mitchel
Reader Staff
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a decision Feb. 2 denying wildlife conservation groups’ petition to protect northern Rocky Mountain gray wolves under the …
A trip to the surreal
By Susan Drinkard
Reader Contributor
A Trip to Bountiful is my all-time favorite movie, but a trip to Syme’s Hot Springs is my favorite trip to the surreal. Having visited …
Protecting our forests is protecting our future
By Chris Bachman
Reader Contributor
The Biden administration’s December 2023 announcement that it plans to protect old-growth trees from logging — such as those slated for removal in the Yaak’s …
Hot springs people
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Hot Springs People. If you know, you know.
While there aren’t any natural hot springs in our immediate region, drive a couple hours in any …
Feds grant wolverine Endangered Species Act protections
By Reader Staff
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Nov. 29 that it will protect the wolverine population in the lower 48 states as threatened under the Endangered Species …
Sen. Risch has historic opportunity to support the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho
By Jennifer Ekstrom
Reader Contributor
I recently had the great honor to attend the Upper Columbia United Tribes’ conference on transboundary mining pollution in lovely Osoyoos, British Columbia. Indigenous speakers …
The Sandpoint Eater: Thanks Costco!
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
My girls, their families and I wrapped up summer with a long Labor Day weekend in Spokane. In keeping with tradition, we stayed at the …
Voices in the Wilderness
By Briana Whitehead
Reader Contributor
It was a perfect July in Montana. We had just gotten married at Legacy Bike Park near Kalispell, Mont., and we were ready to start …
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