Taking refuge, one year later
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Editor’s Note: Over a year ago, after the Bonner County Commissioners passed a resolution opposing refugee resettlement, we visited World Relief in Spokane, a refugee …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Editor’s Note: Over a year ago, after the Bonner County Commissioners passed a resolution opposing refugee resettlement, we visited World Relief in Spokane, a refugee …
By Brenda Hammond
Reader Contributor
The 8th Annual Conference on Refugees, held at Boise State University on Feb. 8 and 9, was a gathering of approximately 425 people. I attended …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Between fliers for citizenship classes and support groups, a print-off of Psalm 16 greets visitors of the World Relief Spokane office. “Keep me safe, my …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
It didn’t take long for disorder to break out at Tuesday’s Bonner County Board of Commissioners public hearing.
Perhaps it was inevitable that the meeting, …
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