By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor Sandpoint is growing. The population grew 5.1% in 2017, far above the 1.2% annual average. We are seeing development throughout the city in residential and commercial. This is...
By David Phillips Reader Contributor About a year ago, I wrote in the Reader about the new Engage Sandpoint service and my initial impressions. Those impressions were generally positive, as it seemed city administrative...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff On Friday, North Idaho will experience 16 hours, five minutes and 18 seconds of daylight. It marks the summer solstice, also known as the official start to summer in...
By Nick Gier Reader Staff “It is absurd to call a fertilized ovum a baby.” —Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain Only just recently pro-lifers have argued that abortions should be allowed up to the point when the...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff I try not to let possessions rule my life. It seems the older we get, the more crap we haul around with us. It used to be I could fit...
By Ken Brown Reader Contributor In a recent article piece, environmentalist Matt Nykiel asserted that an Environmental Impact Statement should be conducted prior to U.S. Coast Guard approval of BNSF’s proposed rail bridge over...
By Jane Fritz Reader Contributor On the September 22, 2011, front cover of the Reader is a colorful illustration of a future lakeside Sandpoint with a story written by then editor, Zach Hagadone. I...
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist “I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create evil. I the Lord do all these things.” —Isaiah 45:7 (KJV) “God moves and actuates all in...
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Contributor Many of the more interesting episodes in my life have been sponsored by beer. There was the performance of 90210-themed haiku at a prominent open mic night and...
By Jonna Plante Reader Contributor This is an open letter to Linscott Gravel, Interstate Concrete and Asphalt, Bonner County Planning & Zoning and Bonner County Commissioners: Our group is tired of the corruption displayed...
