Sylvia Humes Reader Contributor With over 20,000 additional trucks and over 15,000 additional train cars moving through our communities every year, we recognize that the collective impacts of the proposed Newport silicon metals smelter...
By Tim Bearly Reader Contributor “In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.” — Friedrich Nietzsche O how I yearn to belong! O how I crave...
Rep. Melissa Wintrow and Katherine Kerner Reader Contributors Idaho is working on tangible changes to better protect and care for survivors of sexual violence from the moment their attack is reported, all the way through...
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist There is unequivocal evidence that they are trying to deceive us. —current U.S. intelligence official on North Korea Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile pledges are about as disposable as toilet...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Editor’s Note: This is an opinion article written by Reader publisher Ben Olson. When President Donald Trump stood next to Russian President Putin in Helsinki on Monday, he had...
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Attorney General Jeff Sessions has quoted the Bible in support of his No Tolerance and Family Separation policies, but this passage undermines his case entirely: “When a stranger sojourns...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Society is fueled by simple, everyday acts of courage. Sometimes those acts are obvious, while other times, they’re more subtle. And this week, it’s tough to think of a...
‘Bulb-outs’ don’t make sense in our community By Lawrence Fury Reader Contributor “I shop for my clothes in Coeur d’Alene or in Ponderay. In the last 20 years, the only thing I’ve bought in Sandpoint...
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist I’m just back from a one-month trip to Portugal, Spain and Morocco, and I was reminded, primarily because of the spectacular Islamic architecture, about the relative peace among the...
By Phil Hough Reader Contributor The Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, and others, have been involved for many years in the effort to protect the Scotchman Peaks as wilderness to ensure it will always...
