By Jonna Plante Reader Contributor This is an open letter to Linscott Gravel, Interstate Concrete and Asphalt, Bonner County Planning & Zoning and Bonner County Commissioners: Our group is tired of the corruption displayed...
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor With the Fox in the White House, the fourth estate is in shambles. As products of the enlightenment, our founding fathers established our democratic republic on the bedrock of...
By Sen. Jim Woodward Reader Contributor Dear friends and neighbors of Legislative District 1, The first regular session of Idaho’s 65th Legislature is complete. Spanning 95 days, the session was 15 days longer...
By Tim Beary Reader Contributor Dear you, Sorry to hear about your recent misfortune. It sounds like you’ve had a stroke of bad luck (forgive me, I couldn’t avoid the pun). I suppose...
By Jackie Henrion Reader Contributor David Barsamian, founder of Alternative Radio Boulder, gave a talk to a packed house in the “Rude Girls Room” at the Bonner County Library on Thursday, April 18. He...
By Pierre Bordenave Reader Contributor I rarely comment on, much less respond to, opinion pieces in the newspapers. However, the opinion written by Shannon Williamson in last weeks Reader regarding the proposed BNSF Railway...
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Every year at this time I write a column about Buddhism. The Buddha’s birthday is celebrated on different days depending on the country. In Japan it is always on...
Corruption, corruption, corruption By Luke Mayville Reader Contributor Last Friday, the Idaho House of Representatives voted 40-30 to pass Senate Bill 1159, legislation that would essentially revoke our constitutional right to organize citizen ballot...
By Alexandra Iosub Reader Contributor I feel like there’s a powerful social taboo in place that makes it difficult for Americans to talk about money in a productive way. At the root of this...
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist This week, I’ve decided to write about two things, both of which (unless you’ve been living under a rock) you’ve at least heard of. The first is something you...
