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The Idaho National Laboratory's Nuclear Legacy
I was born just a few miles away from the National Reactor Testing Station the same year it proved we could use ...
Restorium's staff, residents are wonderful, special people
I would like to take a moment to express the deep and sincere gratitude and appreciation my wife and I share for the nurses, staff, administrators and the residents of the Boundary County Restorium.
Contemplating safe places and the library
For years now, I have been contemplating the situation of our library, all while attending story time with my children and enjoying the resources it has to offer my family. I am thankful to be acquainted with man...
It's Boise and the people we send there
Just watched Steve Fioravanti YouTube video. One of his concerns as commissioner is the plexiglass? Wonder what his thoughts are on the wall-to-wall Bonners Ferry City Hall bomb blast “glass” are. Or the folks th...
We need a change in Boundary County
I have lived in Bonners Ferry all my life and I love so much about it. This is the first time I have written to the paper because I feel that I have something to say.
Where's the plan on taking back land?
Both Steve Fioravanti, candidate for Boundary County commissioner and Scott Herndon, candidate for Idaho Senate District 1, have said if elected they would take back millions of acres of federal land. They must h...
Fioravanti will protect us from federal overreach
There is one candidate who is running for commissioner who will do what he can to protect our freedom from federal overreach. He also promises to listen to constituent complaints and will actually try to help them.
Get out the vote on Nov. 8
Integrity should be mandatory for a senatorial position in Idaho. Unfortunately, Scott Herndon does not have that trait. Steve Johnson easily fills the need for an honest person for senator.
Bertling will preserve county's character, lifestyle
The Bertling family have been our next-door neighbors for over 50 years. We watched Tim grow up to be a fine young man, marry Wendy and move a couple blocks down the road where he established his own home and rai...
Steve Johnson is a progressive Democrat
Living in conservative North Idaho, it’s easy to forget the violence and mismanagement that is life in many Democrat-run cities. The effects of inflation, open borders, gender ideology and other far-off Democrat ...
Hometown Idaho PAC: Who are they?
It’s a nice-sounding name, conjuring up images of Bedford Falls, the pleasant town in the movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life".
Fioravanti brings a fresh outlook to Boundary County
Steve Fioravanti has a fresh outlook on how to best serve the people of Boundary County. He is eager to listen to his constituents and to find new ways of taking citizens’ needs, suggestions and ideas under consi...
Fioravanti, Herndon and Bundy are a triple play for Idaho
We need Fioravanti, Herndon and Bundy to win Idaho. If all three win their bid for office, we have a chance to reestablish conservative values in Idaho. All three candidates have the courage needed to confront go...
Bertling supported for honesty, work for county
About two weeks ago, a Boundary County Republican Committeeman commented about the “write in Tim Bertling signs all over the county.” He wrote that “most of the signs are placed on the properties of people who ar...
Tax cut suggestion is mere sloganeering
The letters by Fay Almond and Ingrid Glenn (Bonners Ferry Herald, Oct. 6) would have readers believe the county commissioners are in love with raising taxes and that candidate Fioravanti has the magic recipe for ...