Author: Ben Olson

For whom the Twin Towers tolled

By Tim Henney Reader Columnist Edmunds Triplett Jr. strode snappily down Hamilton Road from his rambling brick rancher in Ridgewood Heights. Sometimes, with a late start, Maggie drove him to the station to catch...

Choosing your contractor

By Ted Bowers Reader Columnist For the first 10 years of my career as a builder in Sandpoint, my contract with customers consisted of a verbal agreement and a handshake. We relied on each...

Calling all flappers

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Better get working on those Charleston moves, because the Roaring Twenties are coming back to Sandpoint in a big way. The golden age of fashion, jazz music and national...

School year begins anew

By Scout Anatricia Reader Intern The tears in our eyes aren’t just from the smoke (thankfully gone from our skies). They are the bittersweet tears caused by the sound of books opening and school...

A New World:

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff For Tom Albertson, it started with a simple question: “Did you hear what happened?” He hadn’t. Without a cable TV subscription at his home, he was completely unaware how...