Love letters for today
By Jeanna Hofmeister Reader Contributor If you were 15 in the 70s, long before the days of free long distance and the internet, you lived and died by the daily mail, hoping your summer...
Category: Arts & Culture
Mad About Science: Educational gaming
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Some folks are going on week three of self-isolation and social distancing. There’s only so much Tiger King you can watch on Netflix before you feel your brain start...
Captive audience
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Regardless of whether you’re on COVID-19 quarantine at home, most of the world’s premiere art galleries, museums, libraries or exotic places are, or probably will soon be, on public...
Mad About Science: Catfish
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist I’ll be frank, it’s been a rough week and we could all use a good laugh right about now. While the world is panicking about the coronavirus outbreak, stop...
A singular achievement
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Jon Brownell has been teaching Bonner County students to sing for 31 years, but it wasn’t until 2018 that he and his choir won the “sweepstakes” at the Lionel...
Between the damned and the damning
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Since 1976, when the United States affirmed the legality of capital punishment, more than 7,800 people have been sentenced to death, 1,517 of which have been executed. The practice...
Die, bad guy
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff What makes a great villain death? Surprise? Gore? A feeling of closure? A good villain death can pay homage to all that a character brought to a story. It...
Checkmate, mate
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Join fellow chess enthusiasts for a one-day chess tournament that harkens back nearly three decades in Sandpoint. The Lou Domanski Chess Festival tournament will begin at 9 a.m., Saturday,...
St. Paddy’s Day: Events, fun and a little humor
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff We all have that one item of green clothing. It sits, in wait, until March 17, when its true power will be unleashed. It’s a civic duty to be...
Cowboy up for The Follies
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff As North Idaho decides which season to put on display this week, the Angels Over Sandpoint are preparing winter’s official sendoff — The Follies adult variety show, this year...
