Touched by the change
By Robin Lantrip Reader Contributor It started with a brisk chill in the morning air. The meadow began dressing in longer birch and fir shadows. The evening scent held a wisp of tamarack smoke...
Category: Opinion
Language: Observations from a crotchety, grumpety, old physics prof
By Philip A. Deutchman Reader Contributor Would you think that language has anything at all to do with sound, rhythm or musicality? Take English, for example. It has been my empirical observation over the...
Working toward civil discourse
By Brenda Hammond Reader Contributor The Bonner County Human Rights Task Force recently sent a questionnaire to all the candidates for city office, asking their positions on a number of issues. We asked them...
‘Clean’ external audit report for LPOSD and update on accountability
By Tom Albertson Reader Contributor As we approach Nov. 5, Election Day, it is timely for me to share with you the financial accountability report presented at the Oct. 22 school board meeting by...
Local elections matter: Vote Nov. 5
By Luke Malek Special to the Reader As sure as you see the jack-o-lanterns appear on porches around your neighborhood, fall is in the air, and with it comes Election Day. While much of...
Mayor’s Roundtable: United by our values
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor Sandpoint is a community characterized by engaged citizenship. With more than 300 registered nonprofits, ours is a community of people who care. This is something to be proud...
Bless this hunt: The many ways we prepare for a successful elk season
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Last Sunday, I found myself at Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran Church for the Blessing of the Hunters. I saw the event online, advertised as a chance to “receive your...
Finding courage: We need to take back our power
By Jane Hoover Reader Contributor Courage comes from the willingness to be vulnerable. I look at people who write editorials and think that they are brave people no matter if I agree with their...
Road Reflections: Fall 2019
By Steve Klatt Special to the Reader Overseeing a county road operation has some remarkable resemblance to surviving as a small farm operator. You take stock of the conditions in spring, as mud squishes...
A history of conflict
By Christine Holbert Reader Contributor I recently spent six weeks in Ukraine, visiting family, traveling and promoting the new Lost Horse Press Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry Series at the Lviv Book Forum and elsewhere. That...
