Sipping in the shade
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s been a heckuva 12 months since last spring. According to researchers, such as those at the University of South Carolina, it’s been a particularly hard couple of seasons...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
Variety is the spice of Oak Street
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Those who frequent downtown Sandpoint have noticed that something is missing — Northern Grind coffee stand, previously located at the corner of Cedar Street and Second Avenue, is gone....
The Lumberjill: Shy Ronnie, use your chainsaw
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist “I want to be her in my next life,” I heard our client say to her husband. She said it about me. I ducked my head and soldiered...
Mad About Science: The Titanic
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff People have long been fascinated by the RMS Titanic — a British passenger liner that hit an iceberg and sank into the Atlantic Ocean on its maiden voyage to...
Idaho’s transportation future
By Sen. David Nelson, D-Moscow Reader Contributor Investing in infrastructure is something almost all Idahoans can agree on, yet we haven’t got it down. This might be the year we can make to make the...
Voters must not reward their own suppression
By Idaho House Minority Leader Ilana Rubel, D-Boise Reader Contributor The ballot initiative is the voice of the people. It’s the only mechanism for Idahoans to enact a law when legislators won’t listen. This...
30 U.S. states now considering version of Idaho’s transgender athlete bill
By Clark Corbin Idaho Capital Sun A bill that bans transgender girls and women from participating in girls’ and women’s sports has quickly spread to more than 30 statehouses across the country after originating...
International currents
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff While the borders between states and countries appear definite and bold on maps, there are other lines with absolute disregard for the clear-cut conventions of humankind: rivers. Just as...
Idaho Capital Sun is newest media outlet focused on state politics
By Reader Staff At a time when news media around the country is shrinking — more than 60 newsrooms went dark around the country in 2020, according to TIME magazine — the Gem State...
Lake Pend Oreille on the rise
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced April 1 that Lake Pend Oreille would gradually rise about a foot over the following week, officially marking the start of the...
