By Brenda Hammond Reader Contributor Back in the day — when Richard Butler of the Aryan Nations, Vincent Bertollini, the “11th Hour Remnant Messenger,” and others, were trying to spread their ideas in our...
By Dianne Smith Reader Columnist “You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.” —Winston Churchill As the volunteer education and youth liaison for...
By Laurie Brown Reader Columnist Right now you’re probably seeing abundant flowers, but one brilliant orange tends to stick out from the billows of pinks, whites, and purples. Papaver orientale, the Oriental poppy (not...
Point: Sandpoint traffic woes By Herb Wiens Saturday, on the way back from the boat launch at Laclede, I decided to experience the thrill of navigating Sandpoint’s downtown core. I turned my crew-cab truck,...
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist One would expect that in anticipation of meeting with the heads of NATO’s 29 nations, our so-called president would at least learn some basic facts about this nearly 70-year-old...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer By day, she’s a therapist. By night, Jessica Chilcott is a politician, social activist and avid consumer of superhero television shows. And just like a superhero, Chilcott has...
By Art Piltch Reader Contributor “You never change things by fighting existing reality. To change something, you build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” — Buckminster Fuller “Whether you think you...
By Scarlette Quille Reader Humor Columnist I remember living in a big city. My morning commute was eight miles, and it took no less 30 minutes on a good day. At 5 p.m. it...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff In response to President Trump announcing his intentions to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord, we have asked several of our elected officials in Sandpoint and the state...
By Gabrielle Duebendorfer, ND Reader Contributor This headline might sound odd in the light of President Trump’s move to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement. However, this decision makes state and federal climate...
