To ski or not to ski
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Contributor We are blessed to live with a world-class ski area in our backyard. At least, that’s what people say. Schweitzer is some of the best skiing Idaho has...
Category: Opinion
This week at the Capitol
By Sen. Maryanne Jordan Reader Contributor Rep. Sue Chew is helping fight soaring drug prices by expanding who can donate unused medications and what organizations can receive them. On Monday, an Amendment to the...
Billionaires: heroes or zeroes?
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Billionaires only began to exist around a century ago, starting with “oil magnate” John D. Rockefeller in 1916. Today there are around 2,500 billionaires, and they still skim the...
Win $100 with our 2019 media survey
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Every year around this time, the Sandpoint Reader teams up with SandpointOnline to host a media survey. We try to ask as many people as we can which forms...
Back from the dead
It was four years ago this week that the Reader came back from newspaper purgatory. Founded in 2004, the first iteration of the Reader published every week for over eight years until owners Zach...
Wolf traps should be placed further from trails
By Gabrielle Duebendorfer Reader Contributor One of my dogs recently got caught in a wolf trap for the second time in the last few years. The first time it was a snare around her...
It’s time to ‘Add the Words’
By Sen. Maryanne Jordan Reader Contributor I am often asked why I serve in the Idaho Senate. Why, as a Democrat in Idaho, would I choose the Idaho legislature? There are easier ways to...
Benefits of a second rail bridge are unclear
By Chantilly Higbee Reader Contributor Optimization is important to the sustainability of any industry. Transportation by rail is no exception. However, the benefits gained by working efficiently should be balanced against the costs and...
50 ways to hurt yourself
By Nancy Gerth Reader Contributor Something nobody mentions about growing old is that suddenly you can — and do — hurt yourself in new and imaginative ways. This has been going on ever since...
The Real Folk Horoscope
By Cody Lyman Reader Columnist Aries Just because we can’t live in the past is no reason not to keep it alive. But you don’t have to try to keep it alive in order...
