Looking ahead to the 2024 Idaho Legislature
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint Reader Contributor Happy New Year and I hope all is well with you and your families. As one of your District 1 representatives, it’s an honor to go back...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
It’s called the rule of law, not the rule of emotions
By Helen Newton Reader Contributor A lawyer friend once told me that property issues were a surefire money maker for any lawyer. “Kids and dirt,” he said. “Dirt and kids.” Seldom does either side...
Utilities Commission accepting comments on increased water hook-up fees in Blanchard
By Reader Staff CDS Stoneridge Utilities, based in Blanchard, is asking the Idaho Public Utilities Commission for permission to raise the rates it charges customers for new water hook-ups in the community it serves...
Public involvement sought for Travers Park playground, downtown design codes
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The city of Sandpoint is offering a number of opportunities for public feedback on a pair of big-ticket items on the 2024 agenda: the inclusive playground and splash pad...
Jennifer Stapleton will resign as Sandpoint city administrator
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Among the biggest news to come out of Sandpoint City Hall in a year filled with hefty headlines was the pre-holiday announcement by City Administrator Jennifer Stapleton that she...
A few thoughts… on holy holidays
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist “It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” asserts the song. The reference of lyricists Edward Pola and George Wyle and performer Andy Williams was, of course, to the...
Where did Christmas carols come from?
By Ben Olson Reader Staff During the first thousand years of Christianity, Christmas played second fiddle to Easter, the most important feast and celebration of the year. That might sound hard to believe in...
Slouching toward mayhem
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff By their nature, apocalypse movies are unsubtle. Regardless of the trappings, every film in the genre follows the same basic narrative arc: one day things are normal, the next...
Gift Guide 2023: Last-minute shopping
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It would be disingenuous to describe last-minute holiday shopping as an “art” — it’s too frantic for that. Rather, the 11th-hour scramble is better understood as a series of...
Merry Christmas and a happy new fear
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Beloved Christmas traditions like giving gifts, baking cookies and caroling make the modern celebration the most saccharine holiday of the year — at least in the U.S. Christmas wasn’t...
