Sandpoint’s living room
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Di Luna’s is known for its cozy environment and unique menu, but every so often the space is transformed to house live music, and the result is something not...
Author: Ben Olson
What the duck is going on?
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It can happen anytime. There you are, sitting at your desk peacefully, trying to be a productive member of society when suddenly hundreds of rubber ducks are unleashed into...
The Real Folk Horoscope
By Cody Lyman Reader Columnist Aries It is what it was. It was what it is. There’s a time and a place for everything — this month being a time when some brow-deep brown-nosing...
2019 Winter Carnival at a glance
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The groundhog may have delivered good news of an early spring last week, but here in Sandpoint, it almost feels like the cold, dark season has just begun. Old...
The Late Night Buddhist: Get a haircut and get a real job
By Scott Taylor Reader Columnist A few years ago I decided that being confined in a classroom with 25 7th graders who couldn’t give a rat’s ass about the geography of eastern Europe wasn’t...
Conservation Corner: Idaho forests — the true wealth of Idaho
By Sarah Garcia Reader Columnist When you hear the word rainforest, does North Idaho with its snow-covered landscape and temperatures hovering well below freezing spring to mind? More likely you’re now daydreaming of a...
On The Lake: Remember the most polluted site in Sandpoint? It’s still a thing
By Shannon Williamson Reader Columnist It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and love is in the air! More importantly, pentachlorophenol is still flowing into Sand Creek, and we think that sucks. I don’t mean to be...
This week at the Capitol
By Sen. Maryanne Jordan Reader Contributor Rep. Sue Chew is helping fight soaring drug prices by expanding who can donate unused medications and what organizations can receive them. On Monday, an Amendment to the...
Billionaires: heroes or zeroes?
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Billionaires only began to exist around a century ago, starting with “oil magnate” John D. Rockefeller in 1916. Today there are around 2,500 billionaires, and they still skim the...
Mad About Science: Warrior Women
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Women are badasses. That’s the whole article, see you next week! Wait, you wanted proof? All right. Women are the only gender that can build a living human being...
