Sarah Martin
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OPINION: Vote your values, not your party affiliation
Vote for the candidates who share our values and who will serve us better.
OPINION: The cure for absentee ballot confusion: Vote
Voting for better leadership is the only way out of this mess.
OPINION: A private and personal decision
Reproductive-health decisions are extremely personal. They should only be made by patients in consultation with their healthcare providers and not be dictated …
OPINION: Talking with doubtful voters
History offers us a grounded, and surprisingly modern method for how to bridge the divide.
OPINION: Let’s avert a local ICE disaster
Is ICE the type of organization that the good people of Post Falls want to entangle themselves with?
OPINION: Rethinking how we fund fire protection
I believe we could provide a longer lasting memorial to our fallen first responders if we prevail on state legislators to ensure adequate funding for fire safe…
OPINION: What is worth striving for?
The nation owes an impossible debt to those who gave their lives in service. As people involved in politics our message must focus not on division, but on grat…
OPINION: See you at the starting line, May 19
Idahoans have real concerns that the GOP isn’t addressing.
OPINION: Starving for competency
The American people want someone competent to tell them the truth from a place of informed authority. But to permanently satisfy our hunger for competency, we …
OPINION: When 'peace' is just a slogan
It’s time for America, and specifically Kootenai County, to take a long, honest look in the mirror and ask an uncomfortable question: do we actually stand for …
OPINION: Governor Little must veto HB 752
This isn't just a concern for the transgender community; it is a threat to privacy and freedom for everyone in Idaho.
OPINION: Leaders have lost the plot
Too many of Idaho’s representatives have lost touch with the people they were elected to serve.
OPINION: Fiscally conservative?
In 2026, far-right legislators in Idaho have given us a case study in how not to run a state.
OPINION: Hope has a plan
Something powerful is happening: people are reaching for hope.
OPINION: War and peace
What do we do as Kootenai County locals when war once again starts knocking at the door?