Ruby Ridge was an American tragedy that’s now a historic icon – one born in our region’s backyard. Yet 25 years later, many either don’t know about the event in North Idaho or their memories have dimmed.

For those of us journalists who were there, it is interesting – even perplexing – to see how the facts in some circles have been skewered.

As I’ve told fellow journalists throughout the United States in advance of a PBS television documentary about Ruby Ridge, it is important to remember how the sequence of events came about/Bill Morlin, for The Spokesman-Review. More here.

• Ruby Ridge standoff timeline (in photos)
• PBS series 'The American Experience' to document Ruby Ridge/SR