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Transportation, immigration among session's top issues
District 1 legislators discuss local issues, legislation, and concerns in the weekly Notes From Boise column.
Lowman would serve region well in Legislature
My wife and I have lived in Sandpoint for just under three years and are grateful for the warm way in which we have been received.
Woodward would represent Idaho, residents
“Let’s make Idaho, Idaho.” What does that mean? Idaho is being invaded. Invaded by outside money, influences, and ideologies which if left unchecked I fear will ruin the Idaho that I have come to love for over 40 y…
Instead of extremism, let's choose moderation
There is nothing wrong with compromise for the good of the whole community. The constant push for personal agendas is gaining nothing but more division. Some Republicans and some Democrats are locked into extreme p…
Just what is Herndon talking about?
Senator Herndon has mailed out two postcards in his primary campaign for the Idaho Senate seat for District 1 against Jim Woodward.
Mark Sauter is the right person for the job
I read with interest a recent article in the Bee. A candidate was declaring their intent to run for election. I believe it warrants a response.
Beware of fake Republicans on May 21
Beware. We have many Democrats running as Republicans in the May 21 primary elections. The liberals who wish to exert more control over you and further degrade our society are inventing all sorts of ways to mislea…
Look at candidates' views of education when voting
I graduated from Sandpoint High School in 2014 and earned my master’s degree in 2021. I am confident that my public school education in North Idaho helped prepare me in both my undergraduate and graduate endeavors.…
SURA's railroad closure plan is absurd
SURA's railroad closure plan is absurd is planning to close the Mountain View railroad crossing?
America seems to be falling apart
The country that I knew growing up and until recent years is unrecognizable to me today. I think our country is falling apart.
Jim Woodward's heart is Idaho
Jim Woodward is an intelligent, soft-spoken gentleman. He has no hidden agenda and he answers only to his own conscience — a conscience balanced by logic and his deep love for his home state of Idaho.
Trio cares about community, not party politics
Any qualified elector (18 years old and U.S. citizen) is eligible to hold any office of this state (ID Code 59-101)? That is the ONLY criteria one must meet. A sheriff needs no law enforcement training. A coroner n…
Want a voice? Get out and vote
If you are a woman in Idaho, you are not free. You are not free to obtain pregnancy care that is the standard of care in free states. Or to have the lowest possible risk for pregnancy-related death for yourself or …
It is time to call a Convention of States
Idaho is supposedly a conservative "red state.” Thus, many non-conservative folks run as “Republicans” but vote very differently.
Misguided handful ruined Travers Park
I walk through Travers Park almost every day and think who would've imagined that a handful of people could ruin our park? Well, they did! Thank you, Sandpoint City Council members and former mayor, Shelby Rognstad.
Voters invited to join Open Primaries Initiative effort
Registered Boundary County voters who want the Open Primaries Initiative to get on the November ballot in Idaho must sign a petition by Tuesday, April 30. Local volunteers must turn in petitions to me so that I may…