‘Skid Row Marathon’ and ‘How to Defuse a Bomb”
By Erik Daarstad Reader Contributor Sandpoint Film Festival has added the showings of two feature documentaries as part of the Festival this year. Showing on Thursday night Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the...
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Mad About Science: Elk
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist That time of year has come and gone again. Countless pickup trucks sitting vacant in parking lots around private and public parking lots alike, the echo of gunshots in...
2018 Candidate Questionnaire
By Ben Olson Reader Staff We believe strongly in informing the community about candidates running for public office. As part of our commitment to this effort, we present this questionnaire for candidates in legislative...
BOCC writes to Wash. DOE on smelter, emphasize need for EIS
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Bonner County Commissioners approved a letter to the State of Washington Department of Ecology Tuesday regarding the proposed PacWest silicon smelter in Newport. Commissioner Glen Bailey, who drafted the...
Candidates cover the issues at forum
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Nearly 200 people turned out for a candidate’s forum Tuesday night at the Sandpoint Library, where more than a dozen hopefuls for public office asked for citizens’ votes. Among...
Mad About Science: Dragons
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Yeah, yeah, dragons aren’t scientific, I know. But you also know that I like to touch on history, culture and myth and how it influences our scientific pursuits and...
The day Confucius went to the United Nations
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist The Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights,” and that they have “the right to life, liberty...
McDonald’s campaign questioned
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Sagle resident Bill Harp is filing an objection with the county prosecutor over his concern that Dan McDonald, who is running for reelection in the Bonner County Commissioners’ office,...
McDonald says recording of Tribe comments ‘dramatically edited’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Commissioner Dan McDonald is facing backlash after audio from a 2017 meeting on the proposed Newport silicon smelter was released on YouTube. When a member of the...
Sandpoint Eater: Puttin’ on the Ritz
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist Lately we’ve been faced with some challenges, both locally and nationally. Like many of you, I’ve spent a lot of moments pondering the actions of others that make...
