Author: Ben Olson
Climate change and extreme weather
By Art Piltch Reader Contributor Climate models predict that the more the earth heats up, the more likely we are to experience extreme weather. With the earth warming around 10C (1.80F) since 1900, and...
How does the U.S. Census worK?
By Daryl Baird Reader Contributor In 2009 I saw a notice in a national magazine saying that the U.S. Census office was looking for people to help with the 2010 census. My mom was...
Mad About Science: Baby Chicks
Ben’s out of the office and the contributors start running wild! Muahaha! OK, not really, hear me out: Science and agriculture go together like algebra and geometry, hydrogen and dioxide, Beavis and Butthead. Without...
Cafe Bodega
By Jules Fox Reader Food Reviewer Café Bodega might be the most experiential restaurant in Sandpoint. Nested in the heart of an antique warehouse, this humble café is cozied up in multiple shops to...
Vietnam Veterans of Sandpoint
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a five-part series highlighting Sandpoint men who served in combat during the Vietnam War. As always, I thank each and every...
Community rallies around library expansion
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The expansion of the East Bonner County Library District Sandpoint branch is making fast progress, with officials soon to announce project contractors. The bidding application period for the work...
Racist fliers disturb Sandpoint neighborhoods
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Many residents of South Sandpoint awoke Sunday morning to find racist fliers littering their yards. The fliers, which promote one of the most widely trafficked white supremacist websites on...
Why bother with rehabilitation for wildlife?
By Kathleen St. Clair-McGee Reader Contributor Have you ever thought, “American robins and fox squirrels are plentiful, so why bother with wildlife rehabilitation?” Have you ever said, “It does not take a rocket scientist...
Wildlife superstitions: fact or fiction?
By Kathleen St. Clair-McGee Reader Contributor We have all heard the fallacies, stories, tales, myths, legends, folklore about wild animals. Where is the line of fact or fiction? Superstitions are delusions, fallacies are misinformation,...
