The Lumberjill: Contemplating the cost of outspokenness
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist For a second, we worried that we were a tree service without a crew. For a second, we worried that my politics might be the problem. Alas, it’s...
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Work commences on Memorial Field dock improvements
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Crews with local dock builder C.E. Kramer started work Feb. 20 at the War Memorial Field waterfront, staging equipment and preparing to get underway on Phase 2 of the...
BoCo commissioners reinstate use of Zoom on split vote
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff All but one of the action items at the Feb. 21 Bonner County commissioners’ meeting drew a unanimous vote in favor. That lone split vote marked the third time...
Bonner County meetings remain closed to Zoom
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The regular Tuesday business meeting of the Bonner County commissioners began Feb. 14 with a strong statement from Chairman Steve Bradshaw, who said that the county is “not required...
Winter Carnival 2023: Week 1
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff This February marks the 50th year of Sandpoint’s Winter Carnival: a two-week smorgasbord of events and business promos that brings a bit of life back to the melting snow...
Mad About Science: Dyslexia
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Have you ever experienced a moment in school where you drifted off into a daydream, just to be snapped back to reality by your teacher asking you a question?...
Emily Articulated: Math, magic and Valentine’s Day
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist It began a few weeks ago — the aisles at grocery stores turning pink-and-red, the targeted ads on my devices shifting from running shoes and heavy knit sweaters to...
Love on screen
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Valentine’s Day is saturated with imagery of romantic love, and I’ll admit I’m a sucker for using the holiday as an excuse to buy my husband chocolates and write...
That one time AI killed me
By Ben Olson Reader Staff “O brave new world, that has such people in it!” — William Shakespeare (or maybe it was a bot that said this. Who knows anymore?) Journalists are used to covering...
Mad About Science: Arquebuses, blunderbusses and muskets
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist We’ve explored the history of firearms before, but several thousand years is hard to cover in a page. Today, we’re going to take a look at some of the...
