Work, work, work
Breakfast lessons By Lyndsie Kiebert My first day of work was Mother’s Day 2011. In my navy blue polo and sensible, non-slip shoes, I arrived at Holiday Shores Marina at 6 a.m. and marched...
Category: Opinion
Idaho Dems: An extraordinarily unproductive session
By Reps. Brooke Green and Lauren Necochea Special to the Reader As we face a global pandemic and the resulting economic fallout, Idahoans may have been hopeful about the Legislature’s recent special session. Since the...
Legislative after-action report
By District 1B Rep. Sage Dixon Special to the Reader Last Wednesday, Aug. 26, the Idaho Legislature adjourned “sine die” from the First Extraordinary Session of the 65th Legislature. While the responsibility to call...
Legislative after-action report
By District 1 Sen. Jim Woodward Special to the Reader The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in changes to our lives which range from inconveniences to a direct threat to our health and being. We...
Emily Articulated: Journal entry from a weekend in the woods
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Today was a day dedicated to moving my body, of putting one dusty boot in front of the other in an effort to get somewhere — a somewhere I...
A grain of salt: The small things that keep us sane
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Columnist The world may well be ending, and if assessments of common science are plausible, we’re headed along an expected trajectory where the only real debatable matter seems to be...
Shattered glass: The end of civil discourse
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Publisher’s note: The views expressed in this opinion article belong to the author. The downfall of democracy will not come in the form of a tweet or Facebook message,...
The Late Night Buddhist
By Scott Taylor Reader Columnist You may have heard the above question posed by one spouse to another amid a relationship spat (in the standard joke it applies to the husband, who learns the...
North Idaho real estate blooms
By Raphael Barta Reader Contributor It is hard to believe we have been living with the COVID-19 virus for eight months now. It has become the prism through which we see everything these days:...
Mayor’s Roundtable: A Sandpoint Legacy
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor Friday, Aug. 7 marked the long awaited grand reopening of War Memorial Field. This project had been envisioned by many residents for years. Since 73% of the Sandpoint...
