Alternative: Part 2
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff At Lake Pend Oreille High School, there’s no homework. Students call teachers by their first names. In most every case of late or incomplete work, there are second chances....
Category: Featured
‘Anything in my power’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Of all the threats to pregnant women — chemicals, litter boxes, hot tubs and more — Sandpoint woman Jessica Rachels didn’t know she was putting her unborn baby at...
Single in Sandpoint: Uncle Bernie
By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist In the summer of 2005 I moved back to Sandpoint after spending 11 years living in my college town. I was newly divorced, had three small children and more...
Flow of Energy
By Zach Hagadone Reader Contributor Those in favor of the proposed merger of Avista Utilities and Toronto, Canada-based Hydro One tout the $5.2 billion deal as an economy of scale that will benefit ratepayers...
Lake levels off, forecasted to drop
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Northwest River Forecast Center predicts Lake Pend Oreille water levels will go down from here, as the lake hovered just over 2,064 feet since Sunday. Mid-Wednesday, Lake Pend...
Land donation enhances Pine Street Woods project
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff To Lester J. Krause, the 20 acres he owns adjacent to the Pine Street Woods project isn’t just land — it’s a legacy. It’s land passed down through his...
Downtown work begins in earnest
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff With Lost in the ‘50s and Memorial Day weekend in the rearview mirror, the city is moving forward on a few of its long-planned construction projects. Most prominent is...
‘A Walk in the Woods’: Kaniksu Land Trust to Lead Discovery Walks of Pine Street Woods
By Reader Staff Residents are invited to discover all Pine Street Woods community forest will offer through KLT’s Walk in the Woods series. Take a guided scenic walk or bike ride on the future...
Library prepares to unveil expansion
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The noise and disruption of a major construction project wasn’t enough to keep Sandpoint residents away from the library. Even so, staff and patrons alike are eagerly anticipating the...
BNSF compensation memo sparks controversy
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Union leaders and conservation activists are protesting a leaked internal BNSF Railway memo offering compensation to employees who turned out at a Wednesday public meeting in support of the...
