Emily Articulated Travel Diary: Returning home and escalation
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
We’ve rounded out the last week of our trip abroad with stops in Copenhagen, Hamburg and Amsterdam. In these cities, history is not only found …
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Bonner County signs updated contracts with Davillier Law Group
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey and Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously July 12 to approve two new retainer agreements with Davillier Law Group, approving increased hourly rates in …
The morning after the election
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The morning after the election, I took a walk. The dark computer screen across the room beckoned me to waggle the mouse and wake it …
Contested District 1 primary results
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It was generally agreed by Idaho politicians and politics watchers alike that the May 17 primary election would be a game-changer for the Statehouse in …
Law enforcement members of new PAC blast McGeachin, Bundy as ‘extremists’ ‘threatening’ the future of the state
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
A new political action committee called Defend and Protect Idaho is making headlines for its stance against what it calls “political extremism in Idaho,” with …
Where have all the mugwumps gone?
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
“The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average …
The Baloney Detective: Fauxlitariat — the fake working man’s blues
By Tim Bearly
Reader Columnist
“I represent the blue-collar, everyday hard-working Americans,” said every politician ever.
Well, I’m sorry, Mr. Politician, but your actions speak so many decibels louder than …
Questions and answers: District 1-B representative candidate Gary Suppiger on the issues
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint Reader: What is the top challenge you see the state facing in the coming year? How might you face that challenge?
Gary Suppiger: …
Legislative, county office seekers participate in virtual forum
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Candidates for contested Bonner County commissioner and District 1 Seat B representative seats faced off April 29 — albeit via video conference platform Zoom — …
I want my America back
By James Richard Johnson
Special to the Reader
I want my America back! I grew up in the Midwest in the 1950s and want back the America that stood for …
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