Author: Ben Olson

Climate Change is a FACT

By Tony Lewis Reader Contributor First of all, climate is ALWAYS changing. That is a FACT! Let’s review a couple of things about climate. There are many variables to it, including: 1) Temperature (mean,...

Tragedy of the common sense

By Tim Bearly Reader Contributor From a young age we are all inculcated with binary reasoning. An either-or form of logic which typically results in an excluded-middle (no in-between) paradigm, with only two alternatives:...

A hippie on the Long Island Railroad

By Tim Henney Reader Contributor The following is an unabridged journal of a conversation with my visiting kid brother, the late Christopher Clark Lewis, commuting on the Long Island Railroad from downtown NYC to...

10-digit dialing now required in Idaho

Ben Olson Reader Staff The days of seven-digit dialing in Idaho are a thing of the past as of Saturday. The Idaho Public Utilities Commission announced that callers will now be required to dial...

Wildfire update: new restrictions

Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer The U.S. Forest Service announced Tuesday that all lands within the Coeur d’Alene Fire Restriction Area are under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions. The Coeur d’Alene Fire Restriction Area includes...

Child drowns in Pend Oreille River

Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer An 11-year-old boy died Tuesday in a drowning incident at the Morton Slough boat launch on the Pend Oreille River. A 911 call around 4 p.m. stated that the...

Festival announces free shuttle service

Ben Olson Reader Staff SPOT (Selkirks-Pend Oreille Transit) and the Lake Pend Oreille School District have partnered with The Festival at Sandpoint to provide convenient, free parking and transportation to and from the Festival...