Fire season at our doorstep
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Contributor
That June, while we were away in Colorado on wildland fire assignments, it rained five inches in Sandpoint. We returned home one evening, late …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Living on the Cheap:
By Susan Drinkard
Reader Staff
I love a deal. Who doesn’t?
What’s more, I hate wasting food, wasting time, wasting money and wasting resources probably more than anyone you have …
The Great Pretender
By Tim Henney
Reader Humor Contributor
Determination, perseverance, preparation? Nonsense. Knowledge, ambition, experience? A myth. A firm handshake, a shine on your shoes and a smile? Baloney.
Such weary bromides …
Protesting fossil fuels and coal oil trains
By Trapper Dickson, PhD
Reader Contributor
If you think carbon emissions are the only thing to worry about when it comes to fossil fuels, think again. From extraction to consumption, …
A red hot play about a ‘Red Hot Patriot’
By Scout Seley
Reader Intern
If you were a female professional in the 1960s, you didn’t have it easy.
Sexism was more overt, the wage gap was even more spacious …
The benefits of trees
By Dan Eskelson
Reader Columnist
A recent news story brought to light some very interesting studies conducted in metropolitan areas about the benefits of trees. The incidence of violence at …
Let’s be Frank about the Earl-y days: Part 2
By Ted Bowers
Reader Columnist
In the mid 1970’s Sandpoint still had much of its small town flavor. The tourist industry was still in its infancy and the economy was …
Single in Sandpoint
By Scarlette Quille
Reader Columnist
This weekend’s forecast: Approximately seven degrees cooler than hell, but with worse traffic. Plan accordingly.
Get out on the water as soon as you …
Moscow’s Christ Church, Neo-Confederates, and tolerance
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Many people have the misconception that those who take issue with Moscow pastor Douglas Wilson’s Christ Church, Logos School, and New St. Andrews College …
What is a conservative?
By Paul Rechnitzer
Reader Contributor
When I first began to vote, the process seemed so simple compared to what is going on these days. You were either a Republican …
Letters
- Ford For Sheriff… Dear Editor, I am writing in support of democracy. We have an upcoming election which should be carefully considered. It is the election for Sheriff of Bonner County. I support Terry Ford as an unaffiliated write-in candidate for this position and here is a list of why I feel compelled to tell ...
- Vote For Kate… Dear Editor, I have heard about Kate McAlister for years—about her great work with the Chamber of Commerce, her passion for great education, serving on the board of the Forrest Bird Charter School and her work with Angels Over Sandpoint. Every person I talked with had great words for Kate’s involvement ...
- Dissension Obnoxious… Dear Editor, Jodi Rawson’s Sept. 29 letter to the editor took issue with my letters directed at Ben Olson. She stated “…the dissension is becoming a bore”. What she really meant to say is “the dissension has become obnoxious.” If Olson, like Trump, wasn’t such an overweening person and had just retracted ...
- Not Convinced Re: Harassment… Dear Editor, Re. “Democrats pull worker out of Bonner County, charge harassment by Idaho Rep. Heather Scott’s supporters”. Really? An unnamed community organizer from an unnamed place is whisked away to an unnamed place because he claims being harassed day and night, in two counties, and we are supposed to believe this ...
- Only Candidate Qualified… Dear Editor, In the race for President, there is only one candidate that is qualified for this critical job. As a conservative editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal noted, Hillary Clinton’s election is all that can save us from the “reign of the most unstable, proudly uninformed and psychologically unfit president ...
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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 the Banff Film Festival, CHAFE150 Registration, the Reader Community Party, 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.
