Living Life: Country trauma and healing
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
Once again our country is in a state of acute stress. We’ve experienced something so horrific that we struggle to make sense of it and …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Lunch with the Mayor: An open invitation to the public (part II)
By Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
This article is the second installment of a four-part series through October describing my goals and priorities as mayor of Sandpoint. Those are: 1) Engage …
Buckeye State Charter School fraud coming to Idaho charter school near you
By Levi B. Cavener
Reader Contributor
One can’t blame the Albertson Foundation for wanting to avoid an appearance that it continues meddling in public affairs. After spending years in an …
Wildlife habitat and forest management important to consider
By Stan Myers
Reader Contributor
It was greatly surprising that in his lengthy and thoughtful essay on wilderness and wildlife management in Idaho, Al Van Vooren made no reference to …
Understanding the Human Microbiome
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Contributor
Back in biology class, in the late ‘90s, I learned that our bodies were made of cells containing tiny “brains” called nuclei, with 46 chromosomes. …
Mahatma Gandhi: Charismatic saint of nonviolence
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“It is too early to clothe me in sainthood.
I myself do not feel to be a saint in any shape or form.”
–M. K. …
Single in Sandpoint: I’m still here…
By Scarlette Quille
Reader Columnist
First, I’d like to address the rumor that this column is not running any more; obviously, that is a rumor, as you are reading the …
Lunch with the Mayor: An open invitation to the public (pt. 1)
By Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
This is the first of four weekly articles during the month of October describing my goals and priorities for the city of Sandpoint.
This series …
Living Life: Helping children in troubled times
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
As grownups, we, too, have been traumatized by the recent events in the world, and with the recent school shooting in Spokane it hit really …
The Toad Highway and Troy Mine Site
By Kathleen Clayton
Reader Contributor
They’re green or brown and covered by warts. They have bulging eyes with horizontal slits. And heck, they don’t even hop. Even so, the western …
Letters
- Schools Deserve Support… Dear Editor, I am really weary of Dan and Kathy Rose alleging our school administrators are committing fraud by asking the voters to approve a school levy. The bottom line is that schools cost money to operate, and the state of Idaho does not adequately fund our schools. Do we want ...
- Take Scotchman’s Off the Auction Block…… Dear Editor, Now that a Scotchman Peaks Wilderness Bill has been introduced in Congress, the question is raised again, “How will this affect our community?” Studies have reliably shown an economic benefit to communities located near designated wilderness. Does this mean large numbers of tourists from all over the world will ...
- Support the Environment… Dear Editor, I indubitably support public lands. I indubitably support wilderness. I indubitably support Greenprint. I indubitably support the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. I grew up in Texas where there is no public land to speak of and developers have cart blanche to make a piecemeal out of the environment, and I tell ...
- For Our Children… Dear Editor, I am the parent of a kindergarten student at Northside Elementary. In five years my youngest will also be there and I will have two kids in the Lake Pend Oreille school district. I am very committed to doing all I can to help my children and their schools ...
- Schools Need Our Support… Dear Editor, My ability to write this letter and thoughtfully read this paper is due, in large part, to the efforts of public school teachers. Not able to afford private schools, I am a public school graduate. I imagine most adults my age (retired, fixed income) have had jobs and careers ...
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Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss a Valentine’s Party, Living Voices, an Opera Soiree, and more! See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
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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.
