Trump is wading into the Rubicon
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The past two or so weeks have to be among the bizarrest in U.S. living memory. It’s hard to even know where to begin. On …
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Crunching the election numbers in Caldwell
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It has been an unexpected honor and pleasure to have been invited twice in the past year to travel the 400-plus miles south to Caldwell …
Emily Articulated: Big headlines, micro effects
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
“I had to get out of Commie-fornia,” he said, eyebrows wagging, all anticipation of landing a shared joke.
It didn’t land. I had just been …
New candidates for BoCo commissioner, Dist. 1A House
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The slate of Republican candidates for the 2024 election is getting longer with the recent announcement that Clark Fork resident Dimitry Borisov intends to seek …
Those **** Californians!
By Nancy Foster Renk
Reader Contributor
We love to complain about newcomers. After all, they’re loud. They drive too fast. They think they own the place — and they probably …
Idaho’s statewide population growth outpaced the nation in 2023
By Reader Staff
If it feels like Idaho’s population has risen at a rapid pace over the past year, it’s because it has. According to new numbers from the U.S. …
The days of innocence
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
I recently interviewed a young lady named Raye Johnson for a feature story this week (read “Raye of Hope,” Page 15). To put it lightly, …
Local man pulls motorist from vehicle that drove off Schweitzer road cliff
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When Nicholas Douglas was driving down the mountain Dec. 9 from a job on Schweitzer, he saw something that didn’t look right. Instead of just …
Voter data shows California Republicans — not liberals — are flocking to Idaho
By Clark Corbin
Idaho Capital Sun
With almost 30,000 California expatriates leading the charge, the number of Republican voters moving from other states to Idaho dwarfs the number of Democrats …
‘Fresh’ wine pop-up to feature natural wines and tasty snacks
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It was a sad day when Brandon Brock closed The Longshot in Sandpoint.
“We loved the wines we poured, and thought it was important for …
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Live Music, the Summer Sampler, the Art Party, Monarch Grind, the Sandpoint Renaissance Faire, and more! See the full list of events in the 