By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A training session for refugee work turned chaotic Wednesday after protesters packed Sandpoint Community Hall. Police and fire department personnel had to turn people away at the door after...
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 resettlement agency. In light...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff An alleged sexual assault case involving minors in Twin Falls went national last week after city authorities decried its reporting on Internet blogs as inaccurate. According to Twin Falls...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Council members voted to withdraw the Sandpoint resolution supporting refugee resettlement Wednesday night, bringing an end to a heated, month-long controversy. Cheers erupted from the audience when Sandpoint Mayor...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Last week, the Sandpoint City Council considered a resolution they characterized as a declaration of human rights and tolerance. A statement welcoming properly vetted refugees into Sandpoint, the resolution...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Nearly 200 people lined Main Street in Bonners Ferry Saturday afternoon, evenly split to the left and right. On one side gathered North Idaho residents who turned out for...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Leave it to Carrie Logan to finish her mayoral term with a bang. The Sandpoint mayor and former councilwoman had an eventful final City Council meeting Wednesday thanks to...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A mayoral proclamation welcoming refugees in Sandpoint will be among Mayor Carrie Logan’s last actions in office. According to Logan, the proclamation will occur at the beginning of the...
By Jen Heller Reader Contributor It was the wet and muddy spring of 2011. En route to an agricultural internship in Sandpoint, I stopped over in Boise for a few months to get my...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff In contrast to the anti-refugee sentiment coming from county government, Sandpoint officials are planning to introduce a measure supporting Syrian refugee resettlement in Idaho. According to Mayor Carrie Logan,...
