Tagged: politics in north idaho
By Lauren Necochea In a representative democracy, The people elect leaders to represent and serve their interests. However, in a familiar pattern, recent polling shows that Idaho voters hold views and priorities light-years away...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Headlines have appeared across the country and even run overseas, detailing the allegations that 64-year-old Sandpoint man Warren Jones Crazybull made as many as nine threatening calls to former-President...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Idaho District 1B Rep. Sage Dixon, R-Ponderay, has stepped down from his seat in the Legislature, bringing to a close his fifth term in office prior to the November...
By Kent Ivanoff Reader Contributor In business, I believe the best ideas rise to the top. It’s the foundation of a free market — an open arena where innovation, competition and consumer choice determine...
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist In 2012, neo-Nazi Shaun Winkler bought property an hour north of the old Aryan Nations compound with hopes of building a new homeland for his white supremacist compatriots....
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff About 70 people gathered July 1 at the Sandpoint branch of the East Bonner County Library to express their support for the library and opposition to House Bill 710,...
By Diana Dawson Reader Contributor This week a flier arrived from Scott Herndon called “Stop the Steal!” In it Democrats are accused of working to return “liberal Jim Woodward” to office, along with a...
By Soncirey Mitchell and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Candidates for District 1 and District 3 Bonner County commissioner seats joined contenders for Bonner County sheriff at a community forum April 29 in the Sandpoint High...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff North Idahoans have become increasingly accustomed to negative campaign advertising over the past few election cycles, though typically related to hotly contested legislative seats. However, with about two months...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners’ regular business meeting came to several abrupt halts on Jan. 9, as Chair Luke Omodt called for five separate recesses ranging from five...