Help wanted at the arboretum
By Cate Huisman Reader Contributor If you had visited Sandpoint’s public library 20 years ago this spring, you might have seen a notice posted there: •Interested in the native plants of North Idaho? •Would...
Author: Ben Olson
Demystifying nudism: and other reasons to recreate nude
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor On the swim team I covered myself entirely in a towel and only shimmied out of it before I jumped into the water. I changed in the bathroom stalls...
Mad About Science: Ants, ants and more ants
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Summer in North Idaho can mean only one thing: Construction. Oh, no, sorry. I mean: Bad traffic. Dang, zero-for-two! Let’s try: Wildfires. OK, OK, OK. I give up. No...
Take a walk through the Garden of Artistry
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Art and gardens go together like peas and carrots. For this reason, the annual Garden of Artistry Fine Art Show is always a July activity that brings people out...
101 Women grant cycle opens
By Reader Staff A $10,000 grant award is once again up for grabs to area nonprofits. The organization 101 Women Sandpoint recently opened their fall grant cycle and is encouraging Bonner County nonprofits to...
Scotchman Peaks Wilderness: Why it is important for North Idaho
By Bill Harp Reader Columnist If you spend a lot of time looking at geography using satellite and aerial images like I do, you quickly realize that there are very few places in the...
Debating climate change in a post-logical era
By Christian Rose Reader Contributor It would be nice to have a civil debate with a climate change proponent — old school. But this is proving impossible. So I won’t waste your time outlining...
Music Without Borders:
By McCalee Cain Reader Intern The woodwind section cheerily buzzes their mouthpieces, the string section waits anxiously with their bows upright in rest position, and the sound of young musicians tittering excitedly in both...
Coal stands out in Avista’s long-term energy plan
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Coal has become an emblem of America’s divided culture. President Donald Trump wields the fossil fuel as a symbol of the forgotten working-class man. But for environmental progressives, the...
Scotchman Peaks workshop draws hundreds
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Public interest in the proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness shows no sign of waning, with hundreds turning out Tuesday night for a second public meeting at Clark Fork High School....
