Legislative update
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle
Reader Contributor
The Idaho Legislature is back in session in Boise. We have completed two weeks. I expect we have at least 10 more weeks …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
What’s happening with parking at City Beach?
By Jason Welker
Reader Contributor
Recent op-eds have accused the city of Sandpoint of “privatizing” City Beach and making it less accessible to the public through a proposed paid parking …
Cancer sticks, racism and hostage situations
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
At our weekly Reader editorial meeting, Publisher Ben Olson asked — as he often does — if we had any “fun” stories to give our …
Dumb of the week: Now with more fascism!
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
There’s a lot to cover this week in the land of the Dumb, so let’s try to keep up.
Last week, before the convicted felon …
Documentary film Clark Ashton Smith: The Emperor of Dreams, rediscovers one of 20th-century literature’s true originals
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Of the many hazards of being an artistic trailblazer is that your creations turn into tropes while your hand in inventing them gets forgotten.
That’s …
School voucher sticker shock: Sold to Arizona taxpayers for $33M with an $800M cost
By Dr. Paula Kellerer
Reader Contributor
Do you remember staying home from school as a kid when you were sick? Maybe you watched The Price is Right. It was …
‘More to agree about than we might think’
By Bonner County Democrats
Reader Contributors
We’ve been saying it for years — Democrats and Republicans have more to agree about than we might think. The submission by Bonner County …
Emily Articulated: Winter people
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I remember the feeling of being zipped into my snowsuit, a bright yellow overstuffed sausage with barely contained cheeks spilling over a fleece neck warmer. …
A determined vision for Sandpoint’s future
By Sandpoint Mayor
Jeremy Grimm
Reader Contributor
As we welcome the new year, I would like to take this opportunity to briefly reflect on your city government’s 2024 projects and …
Who is fighting for Idaho families?
By Lauren Neccochea
Reader Contributor
Every legislative session, we see whether our leaders protect freedoms, lift families and plant seeds for stronger futures. The opening week of the 2025 session …
Letters
- Republican or a Democrat…? Dear Editor, Growing up in North Central Montana in the ‘50s, I spent a great deal of time with my maternal grandparents. They were homesteaders who became small business owners. Family was most important. Religion, education, literature, arts, and sports were part of family life. So was working hard, taking responsibility ...
- To Senators Risch and Crapo… To Sens. Risch and Crapo, As our elected representatives in the U.S. Senate, we are asking you to act in our behalf to immediately halt the inhumane policy of the Trump administration in separating children from their parents at the border. With hundreds of children, some ripped from their mother’s arms, separated ...
- Insulting Immigration Policy… Dear Editor, Families from Central America are fleeing the worst criminal violence in the world. They are arriving at our borders. These men, women and children are seeking asylum as they are literally running for their lives. They have left behind their family, their friends, their homes, their land, their property and ...
- Fuhrman Insult… Dear Editor, Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! I’m sorry, but as a newspaper that promotes community peace, love and togetherness, where do you get off blasting one of our citizens, Mark Fuhrman, as someone you wish hadn’t moved here? What has he EVER done to harm Sandpoint? I’ve never met Mark Fuhrman but ...
- Read, Listen, Watch… Dear Editor, Read “Merchants Of Doubt,” written by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, explores the schemes of climate change deniers. “... they don’t have to win, they just have to create doubt and delay.” Listen “Freedom Highway” by Rhiannon Giddens, operatically trained singer/songwriter, recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant” Award in ...
Reader in Print
Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
GO READ IT»
WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
GO READ IT»
THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
GO READ IT»
STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
GO READ IT»
Curious about what media the locals use? Check our 2018 Local Media Survey. GO SEE »
Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Free Ski Friday, Childhood Education, Film, and more! See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
⋅ ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS»
⋅ CIVIC EVENTS»
⋅ MOVIE SHOWTIMES»
⋅ SPORTS & OUTDOOR EVENTS»
⋅ YEAR CALENDAR»
Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
