‘You vote for your district’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff District 1 Idaho lawmakers Jim Woodward and Mark Sauter hosted an end-of-session wrap-up and town hall May 3 at the Sandpoint Community Hall. Dubbed the Idaho Fireplace Forum, due...
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I can’t in good conscience blame Trump
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 protests or actively support...
The 2025 legislative session in summary
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle Reader Contributor The first regular session of the 68th Idaho Legislature adjourned April 5. The session spanned 89 days — typical in length, although 15 days beyond the target...
Fake news and the rule of law
By Justin Henney Reader Contributor I wonder if Donald Trump goes to bed at night and is surprised at how easy it is for him to sell much of the American people untruths as...
Protecting Our Idaho Waters
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle Reader Contributor For decades, water has been on the mind of every farmer, rancher and landowner along the Snake River in southern Idaho. There is competition between agricultural uses...
Do you believe in the Constitution?
By Timothy Braatz Reader Staff The U.S. Constitution, written in 1787, is a brief instructional manual, sketching out a federal government, what it can and cannot do — a barebones blueprint. Not much to...
Western leaders call on Trump administration and Congress to protect public lands
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 26 calling for a...
Beyond politics
By Pat Hart Reader Contributor I am retired. I worked for the U.S. Forest Service for 46 years, all of it in Boundary County, Idaho. I am not acting as a spokesperson for the...
BOCC changing of the guard
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners welcomed temporary-District 3 Commissioner Ron Korn to his first regular business meeting following his Sept. 30 swearing-in ceremony, filling the position left by...
