This Open Window: Vol. 6 No. 4
Poetry and Prose by Local Writers Edited by Jim Mitsui Seven. p.m. and the Sun Has Set It is October 25th, 2018 I sit beside my mother’s bed and whisper in her ear...
Category: Featured
The sad, dangerous line from McCarthy to McGeachin
By Mike Satz Reader Contributor McCarthyism (noun): 1. the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful or irrelevant evidence; 2....
Mad About Science
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist It’s not often that I write an article about a single person — so when I do, you can bet that person must have lived through some pretty crazy...
Sun’s out, tongue’s out
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff It’s not everyday that you see a bull moose stick out his tongue at you. However, such is now the case in Sandpoint. Travelers along Fifth Avenue can take...
Bringing up the herd
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Amid a hectic Idaho Legislature filled with partisan measures and battles between the legislative and executive branches over everything from citizen-led initiatives to emergency powers, House Bill 166 —...
Clash at the top
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Idaho has seen no shortage of news at the intersection of politics and the pandemic, between endless critiques of the state’s coronavirus response to numerous COVID-related bills introduced during...
Two for two
By Zach Hagadone and Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff It’s been a long-simmering conflict over the Festival at Sandpoint’s no-weapons policy — first bubbling up at a Sandpoint City Council meeting in August 2019 as Second...
A veteran storyteller
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff North Idaho author Michael Jacobson started writing in the 1980s, but did not pursue the trade seriously until 1993, when he was discharged from the U.S. Army after 17...
Expanding ‘frontcountry’ access for all
By Jason Welker Reader Contributor Sandpoint and its neighboring cities are blessed with an abundance of natural beauty — from the high peaks of the Selkirk and Cabinet mountains, to the pastoral contours of...
Summertime, and the eatin’s easy
By Zach Hagadone and Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Just in time for the run-up to summer, a number of new local eateries — both brick-and-mortar and mobile — are gearing up to serve hungry locals...
