Sandpoint has existed on an important point of the Pacific Northwest’s rail network for years. With a proposed influx of private investment, Sandpoint will become an even more important contributor to trade along the region’s rail system – all to the benefit of the local community. BNSF has proposed constructing a second rail bridge over […]
Representative for the 1st Congressional District: The Gem State Patriot proudly endorses former State Senator Russell Fulcher. We feel that Russ has been a guardian of conservative values during his 10 years in the Idaho Senate and indeed looks out for the little guy with his bill to enact the grocery tax credit to help […]
District 1 Senator: Danielle Ahrens District 1 House A: Heather Scott District 1 House B: Sage Dixon (uncontested primary) District 2 Senator: Steve Vick (uncontested primary) District 2 House A: Vito Barbieri District 2 House B: John Green District 3 Senator: Don Cheatham (uncontested primary) District 3 House A: Ron Mendive (uncontested primary) District 3 […]
Rocky Ferrenburg grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, and moved to the Magic Valley in 2007. He is an accomplished musician, a published writer, and a proud Eagle Scout of Troop 232. As both a father of two wonderful girls and a husband to the most amazing woman, Rocky believes that family is key to a […]
Since I’m a precinct committeeman for District 14/18, we took the time to go to the Ambrose School to listen to the Debate of the five candidates running for Senator in District 14. I must say we were sorely disappointed not only with the weak attendance but also with the weak choices that are running […]
— Published with Permission of TheNewAmerican.com — When the Bank of America (BofA) and Citigroup announced changes in their policies earlier this month restricting loans to companies that sell or manufacture firearms, Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to the CEO of each […]
The House Intelligence committee on Friday finally found President Trump innocent of any “Russian Collusion” in his presidential campaign. Great. Maybe now would be a good time to investigate and prosecute the REAL “Russian Collusion.” No one with a brain ever thought Trump was guilty of any “Russian Collusion.” Trump didn’t need the Russians to […]
So Kanye West says something positive about President Trump. And the left goes crazy. First of all of though, I have to say that I applaud Kanye West for swimming upstream. In the liberal echo chamber that is Hollywood and pretty much all of celebrity-dom, saying something this against the grain take some guts. The […]
Avista utility is in the process of seeking approval of its sale to a Canadian government-owned company, Hydro One. This purchase or merger is fraught with potential problems which could and will cost ratepayers throughout the Pacific Northwest astronomical sums of money from drastic 4x-5x or more increases in utility bills. • Why does a company […]
In Typical Michael Snyder fashion, he is once again focusing on the only opponent that he has not been able to denigrate with his so-called Trumpesque rhetoric. Michael T. Snyder is a hopelessly deluded prepper who has started numerous blogs as a testament to his unfounded belief that the world is about to end. He […]
Once again our favorite “Liberal Media Muppet” Betsy Russell who tries to write stories for the Spokane Review is trying to trash Labrador for the sake of expanding a system in Idaho that has failed in just about every other state it has been tried in. Why has Medicaid expansion failed? Because there are no […]
(Author’s note: In August 2016, I wrote an article entitled “James Comey and the Stinking Fish Factor,” warning readers that the Comey fish was already rotting and that things were bound to get worse. Clearly, they just did. And it’s just as clear that the uncontrolled hysteria we are witnessing from Democrats has to do […]