The time machine
By Sandy Compton Special to the Reader I spend a lot of time on the road between Hope and Paradise. I have a home along that road. It’s the initial route I take to almost...
Category: Opinion
Our best foot forward
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor Several evenings ago my 1957 bride, our visiting and aging (58!) adult daughter, son-in-law and dog Tippy were driving home with cartons of Thai and Japanese takeout from Thai...
The Baloney Detective: Rudolph the Pinocchio-nosed Reindeer
By Tim Bearly Reader Contributor Children all around the globe are familiar with the tale of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer. Every Christmas, songs are sung and stories are told about the remarkable and heroic...
How real estate shapes a community
By Raphael Barta Reader Contributor In a prior existence, I lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, where I was a vice president for the ski resort development company Intrawest. At the time, Intrawest had just...
Bumpy road: A brief history of the proposed Sagle asphalt plant and what’s happening next
By Cate Huisman Special to the Reader The saga of the proposed asphalt batch plant in Sagle continues. It’s a window into how governments make land use decisions and how citizens can affect the...
Many wild questions
By Phil Hough Reader Contributor Nothing is more wild than our imagination. Blank spots on the map are places to explore; we enter them not knowing what we will find. We need wild places...
Our turn: Together we can do better
By Mark Sauter Reader Contributor Last month the Bonner County Fire Chiefs Association (BCFCA) held three public forums. The BCFCA pointed out, in multiple, evidence-based ways, how Emergency Medical Services (EMS) would be improved...
Engage Sandpoint: A missed opportunity
By David Phillips Reader Contributor Projects fail for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes the expectations are set too high; sometimes the allocated time or resources are insufficient; sometimes the tools suffer from fundamental shortcomings....
City waterfront giveaway
By Kody Van Dyk Special to the Reader The city of Sandpoint draft Parks Master Plan identifies disposing of city-owned green space located east of the Edgewater Best Western Hotel. It appears from media...
The Baloney Detective
By Tim Bearly Reader Contributor Images of an Orwellian dystopia are often evoked when we hear the term “big government.” The mere uttering of the phrase can function as a negative stimulus — boiling...
