By Gary Payton Reader Contributor Editor’s Note: In December 2015, Sandpoint’s Gary Payton reported in the Reader on the historic Paris Agreement, an international pact designed to address climate change and its global impacts....
By Dianne Smith Reader Columnist Last December organizations who work directly with youth met at the school district office with Dr. Joy Jansen, director of special education, and Jeralyn Mires, Idaho’s counselor of the...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A funny thing happened with the release of “Deadpool” last year. The relentlessly crude superhero action comedy, which scraped its way through a tortured production largely on the willpower...
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor The reason journalism giants Ben and Cameron like me to write for the Reader is because I’m old. They invite me to remember things. I can recall pre-nursery school...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There is a haunting, warm beauty to Marhsall McLean’s voice. It reminds me of standing alone out in a windy crossroads of the Palouse, or driving across the Long...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Don’t miss the finale for the Native Heritage Film Series this weekend. The Idaho Mythweaver, the Sandpoint Library and Vision Maker Media will host two free screenings of “For...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff In the lead-up to the 2017 levy vote, the debate on social media has often been rancorous and heated. We reached out to two leading activities for and against...
By Cort Gifford Reader Contributor Gannon Reynolds, project supervisor for the War Memorial Field bleacher project is a busy guy. When cornered for a quick synopsis of what’s happened in the last few weeks,...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Both education and community improvement are on the table with the Eureka Institute’s latest project. The local nonprofit, which encourages personal growth and learning through educational, experiential and recreational...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Sponsored by the Sandpoint Library At first glance, some people might think about delicious calamari. Me? I think about Cthulhu. Giant squid are weird and fascinating, and I am...
