The Sandpoint Eater:
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist In preparation for National Hamburger Day this coming Saturday, May 28, I masterminded a not so scientific search for Sandpoint’s best burger. With the results in from my...
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Recover, redeem, rejoice, repeat:
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Contributor We were unprepared our first visit. We simply had no sense for the possibilities. We stood in the valley between two long ridges of lumber waste and stared...
Idaho ordered to pay $250k in legal fees for ‘ag-gag’ case
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff It turns out Idaho isn’t finished paying for the ag-gag bill struck down as unconstitutional last year. The state is on the line for nearly $250,000 after federal judge...
Kidnapped:
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Editor’s note: A couple weeks back, I ran into an old friend. We had worked together in Los Angeles years ago while I was still working in the film...
Amateur radio: a fascinating Sandpoint hobby
By Eric Anderson Reader Contributor Some of you may have heard of Amateur Radio, or its other, more common name, “Ham” Radio. The term “Amateur” refers to the fact that the hobbyists do not...
‘It was the best of times’ said Charles Dickens
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor If one is about to salute a decade, as we are about to in Sandpoint, one could do no better than to celebrate the 1950’s. My late mother, Harriet...
The greatest gift you can give
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff There’s nothing quite so nerve-wracking as tackling a new challenge. Likewise, a first-time success is a uniquely exhilarating feeling. Bonner General Health staff experienced both in overseeing the hospital’s...
Hold onto your tunics, it’s ‘Lost in the 1450s’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Kings, queens, knaves and scoundrels alike, prepareth thyselves for a righteous show of epic proportions. During the normal Lost in the ‘50s festivities this weekend, one corner of Sandpoint...
Let My People Go
By Jim Healey Reader Contributor On their 1963 “In the Wind” album the folk trio Peter, Paul, and Mary recorded “Tell It on the Mountain” with its “Let my people go” refrain, referring to...
BioBlitz to catalogue species at U of I extension campus
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff In modern society, it’s easy to forget the ecosystems that exist just outside your front door. Kaniksu Land Trust hopes to change that. The organization, which works to preserve...
