Teacher pay and property taxes
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle Special to the Reader As Americans, we have a long history of placing high value on education. Thomas Jefferson spoke and wrote to great lengths about the importance of...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
Bits ‘n’ Pieces
By Lorraine H. Marie Reader Columnist East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling: In case you missed it: South Dakota was mocked on social...
Idaho AG’s office questions transgender athlete bill
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff A bill that would ban transgender women from participating on female public school sports teams in Idaho passed the House Feb. 26 with a 52-17-1 vote, marking the latest...
Here We Have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Teacher salaries A major piece of Idaho education legislation took its first step forward Feb. 26, as the House Education Committee unanimously voted to advance House Bill 523 with...
Judge denies county motion to halt Festival gun suit
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Kootenai County District Court Judge Lansing L. Haynes denied a motion Feb. 25 from Bonner County to stay its lawsuit against the city of Sandpoint, which challenges the Festival...
A grain of salt: The detrimental danger of goal setting
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Columnist There’s a sort of pass/fail culture happening in, well, pretty much everything we do these days. We set lofty intentions and label them as “goals,” then determine that anything...
Music from the Heart
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Seeing as most would consider the Panida Theater the heart of the Sandpoint arts scene, it seems particularly fitting that Roger Fisher of the popular ’70s and ’80s band...
High hopes on the slopes
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Some films draw their juice from a stellar ensemble cast. For others, it’s a killer premise. For some, like the 2019 rom-com Olympic Dreams, the setting makes the movie....
‘Everyone’s welcome but cats’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Dogs of North Idaho: It’s your time to shine. The Eichardt’s K-9 Keg Pull returns Sunday, Feb. 23 as the final event in Sandpoint’s annual Winter Carnival. This endearing...
Change is brewing
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Gone, or soon to be gone, are the days when Idaho brewers played second fiddle to the state’s wine industry. A new bill sponsored by Sen. Carl Crabtree, R-Grangeville,...
