Emily Articulated: New Year’s intentions
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist There are times when it is appropriate for a person to be resolved, to be “firmly determined to do something.” A resolution is a venture into the future knowing...
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McDonald and Connolly see final county business meeting
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Bonner County commissioners’ Jan. 3 meeting marked the last weekly business meeting appearances by District 2 Commissioner Jeff Connolly and District 3 Commissioner Dan McDonald, as next Tuesday’s...
A few thoughts … On abandoned critters
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist Several days before Thanksgiving, a collection of tracks appear in my driveway, those of a domestic cat. My neighbors have cats, but they don’t visit. These tracks are everywhere,...
The Sandpoint Eater: Dispatch from a mountaintop
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Count them — just a couple of days left in 2022. In my opinion, it was a pretty fair year. Most of us could spend much-needed time with friends...
A bee’s journey
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Inspired by the natural beauty of North Idaho and bonded by a joint artistic endeavor, three local women have successfully published a coloring book with the hopes of encouraging...
Elden Ring recaptures magic of video game discovery
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Contributor Most video game enthusiasts have a moment in their deep past where they became hooked on the medium. For me, it was the original The Legend of Zelda on...
Best of 2022, in brief
By Ben Olson Reader Staff At the conclusion of every calendar year, it’s customary for journalists to wax poetic about their favorite creative endeavors that dropped over the past 12 months. Checking in with...
The year in re- and preview
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff We’re just going to get this one out of the way at the top. Since 2020, when we started doing these annual review/previews, we included a little tongue-in-cheek prediction...
Life in miniature
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist I was always an artsy kid with a flair for the fantastic. I distinctly remember being singled out and shamed in front of the whole class in the third...
Mayor’s Roundtable: The city lot
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor This is the third piece in a six-part series discussing the Leland Report. The purpose of the report was to help guide the city of Sandpoint’s land use...
