Breathing in Sandpoint:
By Ferris McDaniel Reader Contributor I lie on my towel at City Beach, listening to Buffalo Springfield. Neil and the boys sound better suited here than anywhere else I’ve listened to them. Some feet...
Category: Opinion
Timber Days highlights Priest River’s colorful history
By Scout Anatricia Reader Intern In honor of the town’s history, Priest River is holding the annual Timber Days celebration, downtown on High Street, on July 24 and 25. And there’s even more reason...
The Garden Corner:
By Dan Eskelson Reader Columnist A properly designed windbreak has a profound effect on the physical and economic well-being of both humans and animals. Research has shown that heating costs can be reduced by...
Bordering on complete sanity:
By Sandy Compton Reader Staff Has it been hot or is it just me? OK. Damnably hot. Not hellishly hot, yet, but still. A friend pointed out yesterday that if global warming isn’t real,...
Let’s be Frank about the Earl-Y days: Part 3
By Ted Bowers Reader Columnist In this final article about the “Early” days, I thought I would talk about some of our more memorable jobs with Boles Construction. The Oddfellows remodel: we got the...
Single in Sandpoint:
By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist I live a life where on any given day I may be privy to a conversation between an “adult” and a troubled adolescent. This simple exposure creates daily opportunities...
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 in the month, riding...
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 ever met. If anything...
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 and homilies are for...
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, these dirty energy sources...
