Reader Quick Hits: Friday, April 24
Bonner County has held its number of lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 to four, with 59 cases in Kootenai County, according to the Panhandle Health District. Meanwhile, cases statewide…
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Reader Quick Hits: Friday, April 17
Panhandle Health District reported April 17 that the number of lab-confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Bonner County remains four. No deaths have been reported in the district and,…
Is the coronavirus a ‘hoax’?
By Gabrielle Duebendorfer
Reader Contributor
I recently read “The Contagion of Fear” by Chuck Baldwin on Idaho District 1 Rep. Heather Scott’s face book page. The article claims coronavirus is …
Gov. Little issues stay-at-home order for entire state
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Gov. Brad Little issued a “stay-at-home” order for the enter state of Idaho at a press conference in Boise on Wednesday, March 25.
“Today I …
Stand-off at Ruby Ridge: 25 Years Later (Part One)
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Editor’s Note: In the early morning of Aug. 21, 1992, six U.S. Deputy Marshals moved onto a steep, mountainous piece of property off of Ruby …
Idaho Supreme court preserves grocery tax
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Idaho’s 6-percent grocery tax will remain in effect following an Idaho Supreme Court decision.
A battle between the Idaho legislative and executive branches ended in …
Idaho ranked ‘most polite state’ to drive
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Traffic woes got you down? It could be worse in the other 49 states. In fact, according to one national survey, it is.
The website …
Soft wood, hard problem:
By Zach Hagadone
For Boise Weekly
(used by permission)
Among the stated goals of President-elect Donald Trump has been the renegotiation of, or withdrawal from, a number of international trade …
NAFTA and Idaho: Winners and Losers
By Zach Hagadone
For Boise Weekly
(used by permission)
Within the span of 1 minute, 54 seconds of the first 2016 presidential debate, Republican nominee Donald Trump attacked the North …
Accident leaves one Litehouse employee dead
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A car accident last week left one employee of Litehouse Foods dead and another hospitalized.
Katherine Stelzer, 61, died at the scene and Zualita L. …
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