Dirt-y Secrets: Pre-fall routines for healthy plants and animals
By Ranel Hanson Reader Columnist The light has changed and the nights have cooled. It is a glorious time of transition. Summer is winding down but we still have lots of warm days to...
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A case for human compassion
By Nishelle Gonzalez Reader Contributor I often get curious when someone has different political ideals. I honestly don’t like talking about politics in the frame of “what side are you on?” or the “I’m-right-and-you’re-wrong”...
The Thai that binds
By Ben Olson Reader Staff When describing the prototypical “reporter” smell that oozes from our palatial headquarters on Cedar Street, Reader News Editor Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey listed the lingering aroma of Thai food containers from...
The Lumberjill: The f-bomb is only acceptable when talking about the president, and other language arts lessons from North Idaho
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist My little one was nervous for the first day of school. The entire drive found her curled in the fetal position, reciting the mantra, I don’t want to...
Mad About Science: The science of golf
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Editor’s note: Brenden Bobby is out sick this week, so Publisher Ben Olson is donning the mad scientist jacket this week. Get well, Brenden. The physics involved with hitting...
Camp Bay Road dispute prompts cease and desist letter
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff A legal firm representing development company M3 ID Camp Bay, LLC sent a cease and desist letter dated Sept. 2 to lawyers representing Fred and Jennifer Arn, a couple...
City Council roundup
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad had strong words at the Sept. 7 regular meeting of the Sandpoint City Council, related to a number of “things happening out there in the...
Author Talk to tackle rural gentrification
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Just over a year since the release of her book, Pushed Out: Contested development and rural gentrification in the U.S. West, Montana-born, North Idaho-raised author and University of Idaho...
Mad About Science: Banned books, part I
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Banned Books week is my favorite library holiday. Proclaiming such a thing always elicits a unique response from everyone around me. Usually shock and confusion — why would I...
Sand Creek Regatta is what being a ‘local’ is all about
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Each September for the past couple years, Sandpoint has come alive with local spirit at the Sand Creek Regatta. Usually under a drizzling rain, Sandpoint locals gather with truckloads...
