Bordering on Complete Sanity:
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist When we were children, we played an odd summertime game. We’d sit in the front yard of my grandparents’ trailer house/cabin within view of the highway, pick a color...
Author: Ben Olson
Hostile takeover?
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff If Sandpoint seems isolated, nestled away under a canopy of trees and mountain peaks, it doesn’t take much to dispel the illusion. Within the past five years, the town...
Incumbents seek reelection
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The roster of candidates for election is starting to fill out, even if contested seats are looking a little sparse. Sandpoint City Council incumbents Tom Eddy, Bill Aitken and...
Seasons to build new condos
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff After several years on hold, the new Seasons condo development is gaining traction. The Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission fielded requests from developers this week, putting the long-delayed project...
Firewood cutting restrictions still in place
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff With the winter season a few months away, U.S. Forest Service officials are reminding local woodcutters we aren’t out of the woods yet as far as fire danger is...
Council clears airport hunts
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff If you’ve ever hit a deer with your car, you know the damage those jittery critters can inflict on a vehicle. Now multiply that by 100, and you’ll have...
Celebrating 100 years of Jazz in America
By Lee Santa Reader Contributor Jazz is hard and is America’s only indigenous art form. Serious Jazz is even harder, is a very difficult music to appreciate and requires a great deal of effort...
Understanding soil fertility
By Dan Eskelson Reader Columnist Every garden season brings new insights and knowledge, so I hesitate to call myself a “master gardener”. Presumed expertise is often shocked into submission by surprises and failures in...
In praise of all beings with hearts and minds
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist About 500 protesters (including 30 counter demonstrators) gathered near the office of Planned Parenthood in Pullman, Washington on last Saturday morning. Those who were interviewed by the local newspaper...
Notes of a Builder:
By Ted Bowers Reader Columnist In my last article I wrote about safety and what we can do to prevent accidents and injuries. My wife pointed out after reading it that I had left...
