Wounded in Vietnam, fifty years ago
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor John “Doc” Ivy served five tours in Vietnam from 1966-1971. He was introduced in the Reader on May 23, 2017, as my beloved veteran neighbor. Today, at age 72,...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
Tapping into the root
By Ben Olson Reader Staff As the cold nights swallow shorter and shorter days, chimneys begin to emit those comforting puffs of smoke from winter fires within. It’s wood-burning season — the time to...
Hands off the horn
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff For years, the Memorial Community Center in East Hope hosted the Hope Farmers’ Market on its lawn. The weekly event was one of lakeside summer serenity — that is,...
How real estate shapes a community
By Raphael Barta Reader Contributor In a prior existence, I lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, where I was a vice president for the ski resort development company Intrawest. At the time, Intrawest had just...
Mad About Science: Opioids
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist I love to give you some laughs every week, but I have to make a disclaimer: This is a topic I don’t feel comfortable making jokes about, so if...
Emily Articulated: Human rights and responsibilities
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist As a sociology major in college, I got to take classes that zoomed out on the complex ways we organize and function as societies, learning and deconstructing theories based...
Bumpy road: A brief history of the proposed Sagle asphalt plant and what’s happening next
By Cate Huisman Special to the Reader The saga of the proposed asphalt batch plant in Sagle continues. It’s a window into how governments make land use decisions and how citizens can affect the...
Festival season pass sales ‘on track’ for 2020
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint hosted its annual membership meeting Dec. 10, drawing a modest crowd to MickDuff’s Beer Hall. “I thought we’d have a record turnout for our annual...
Asphalt plant judicial review to see hearing
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff A petition for judicial review of a decision paving the way for an asphalt plant in Sagle will go before a judge Friday, Dec. 13 at the Bonner County...
Plea in Ramey killing slated for Dec.16
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Judith Carpenter, the Coeur d’Alene woman accused of shooting and killing 79-year-old Shirley Ramey, of Hope, in April 2017, is scheduled to enter a plea Monday, Dec. 16 at...
