‘You don’t get into public service to not serve the public’
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
About 40 people turned out for a public meeting May 1 in Ponderay, where U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel provided updates on a number …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
About 40 people turned out for a public meeting May 1 in Ponderay, where U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel provided updates on a number …
By Nishelle Gonzales
Reader Contributor
I have sat back and watched this new administration the last few months with horror and grief. I had a realization today that brings me …
By Clarice M. McKenney
Reader Contributor
For more than 50 years I have voted Democrat, and most of those years I was unable to be an activist, be involved in …
By Ben Olson and Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Vehicles bearing license plates from Canadian provinces are a familiar sight in North Idaho, especially during the summer tourist season. Neighbors on …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Demonstrators filled downtown Sandpoint on Saturday, April 5, carrying hundreds of colorful signs protesting the Trump administration’s recent mass federal layoffs and funding cuts to …
By Reader Staff
Elected officials from Idaho and nine other Western states joined the nonprofit The Mountain Pact to send a letter to the Trump Administration and Congress on March …
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