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Updated 1 week, 5 days ago

Honoring Idaho's Medal of Honor recipients

Highways are an essential part of our country’s infrastructure. They are a key to our productivity and opportuni...

Updated 5 days, 11 hours ago
Every day should be Voter Registration Day

In my opinion, because one in four American citizens is not registered to vote, every day should be Voter Registration Day. I learned about this firsthand, leading the Boundary County team of volunteers in get...

Updated 5 days, 11 hours ago
Welcome to Idaho, now it's time to relax

This is an open letter to those of you who have arrived in Idaho since 2019. Welcome. You have arrived in a sanctuary state, not like the sanctuary cities from which you escaped that were sanctuaries for illegal ...

Updated 5 days, 11 hours ago
Open primaries gives people a choice

Since its August launch, the Idahoans for Open Primaries ballot initiative has had unprecedented voter support. The measure is designed to 1) increase freedom of choice and 2) elect responsive officials.

Updated 5 days, 11 hours ago
Facts matter on Reclaim Idaho

Facts matter. That is why I’m responding to Michael Perez’s recent letter in the Herald.

Updated 1 week, 5 days ago
Open primaries make sense for Idaho

Imagine going to an Idaho primary election where, regardless of your political viewpoint, any registered voter could vote for any candidate on the ballot. Republican, Democrat, independent, or Libertarian — all o...

Updated 1 week, 5 days ago
The untruths of the climate crisis

The climate crisis fanatics are not people who want to encourage us or give us hope. Instead, they want to discourage us and demand that we become subservient to a communist one-world government, a nanny-state th...

Updated 1 week, 5 days ago
Initiative would not be good for Idaho

Contrary to the assertions of some recently published articles, Reclaim Idaho is not non-partisan. The vast majority of funding comes from out-of-state Democratic Party interests.

Updated 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Remembering September 11, 2001

Saturday, Sept. 8, 2001: Bill and I went to the airport to pick up his son, Billy, and wife, Margie. They had flown in for a visit from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Margie was worried about flying because she was afra...

Updated 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Sign initiative petition at farmers market

Come to Bonners Ferry Farmers Market at the city parking lot the next two Saturdays — Sept. 9 and Sept. 16, 9:30-11:30 a.m. for information about the Open Primary initiative — or to sign the petition carried by v...

Updated 1 month ago
Reclaim Idaho is not non-partisan

Contrary to the assertions of some recently published letters, Reclaim Idaho is not is not non-partisan.

Updated 1 month ago
Supporting Idaho's men and women in uniform

Congress created the precursor for what became the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) when it passed the National Security Act of 1947 and later amended it in 1949.

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Initiative drive is good news for voters

Friday, August 18, Luke Mayville, head of non-partisan Reclaim Idaho, will be in Bonners Ferry to kick off the initiative petition drive to give all Idaho voters freedom to vote in one open primary which combines...

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Initiative will ensure all voters will get a say

Idaho voters want to select their candidates in an open primary.

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
We cannot wait around for an economic earthquake

Fitch Ratings’ recent downgrade of our country’s currency default rating should come as no surprise, especially when considering the rating’s key drivers. ...