Eating their words
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Startups often launch from Twitter, with creators sharing “personal news” that they’ve begun a new project and followers making sure the great new idea spreads far and wide. Occasionally,...
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The future in black and white
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff What would you do with tomorrow’s newspaper today? This is the narrated theme that opens each episode of Early Edition, a four-season show that ran from 1996-2000 and followed...
Panida announces new leadership, to embark on strategic planning for the future
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint’s oldest arts institution is under new management, as the Panida Theater announced in late-February a slate of new board members as well as the departure of Executive Director...
The Lumberjill
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist Before my husband and I joined forces to become arborists, I was a librarian. I loved it. The interaction with community and books and ideas filled my cup....
The legislative roller coaster
By Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise Reader Contributor When I started my first term in 2019, nearly every long-time Capitol observer told me it was the worst legislative session they ever experienced. In 2020, they...
Legislative update: Where did the money come from?
By Sen. Jim Woodward Reader Contributor A major task each legislative session is creating and approving a plan for how we will spend our state tax dollars in the upcoming year. The legislative session...
Land use tug-of-war
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor Skip Lassen and Jenny Post, like many rural North Idaho residents, found their dream homes in the woods, miles from town. Lassen’s home is off the grid on 50...
Mad About Science: Fusion
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist You know that guy (Brenden) who refers to nuclear fusion as an energy source at parties to try and sound smart (Brenden), but no one really knows what he’s...
Rent, buy, sell: That big boom feeling
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist It’s hard to live in the greater Sandpoint area and not feel the pulsing boom of the newcomers, home-buyers, rental-seekers, land-sellers and everyone stuck somewhere in between. Within the...
Past, present, pandemic
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Messages surrounding the novel coronavirus pandemic in Idaho are becoming increasingly more optimistic, with Gov. Brad Little taking a tone of near-victory in a March 2 statement announcing a...
