‘My taxes have gone through the roof!’
By Michael Rosedale
Reader Contributor
Editor’s note: The Reader has been hearing from property owners across Bonner County that they saw exorbitant increases to their property taxes during the last …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Mayor’s Roundtable
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
This is the fourth article in the series detailing recommendations that came out of the city of Sandpoint’s Housing and Economic Study developed by …
Emily Articulated: New Year’s intentions
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
There are times when it is appropriate for a person to be resolved, to be “firmly determined to do something.” A resolution is a venture …
The year in re- and preview
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
We’re just going to get this one out of the way at the top. Since 2020, when we started doing these annual review/previews, we included …
Mayor’s Roundtable: The city lot
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
This is the third piece in a six-part series discussing the Leland Report. The purpose of the report was to help guide the city …
Growing pains
By K.L. Huntley
Reader Contributor
A long, long time ago I lived in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas in a town originally built during the gold rush of 1849. …
A rule in common
By Barbara Russell
Reader Contributor
On Oct. 21, 1985, First Lady Nancy Reagan presented the United Nations with the gift of a mosaic on behalf of the United States in …
The soft underbelly of a humbug
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Maybe it’s because I was born the day after Christmas that I became a humbug. Throughout my childhood, Christmas always loomed before my birthday; the …
Coolin development threatens rare peat bog at Priest Lake
By Jennifer Ekstrom
Reader Contributor
We have some pretty amazing wild spaces up here in North Idaho. Massive lakes. Sparkling rivers. Diverse landscapes ranging from rainforests to rocky crags. And …
The Lumberjill: The only prescription is more cowbell
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
Once upon a time, we had a client named Elaine. Once upon an earlier time, she was something of a painterly powerhouse. She was …
Letters
- What If Chicken Little Was Right…? Dear Editor, I enjoyed reading Ms. Deubendorfer’s article, and look forward to her next, but I take exception to putting words in my mouth. I did not call Mr. Gifford those terms, nor would, as I don’t think of him that way. I was using cynicism to express my frustration at ...
- Medicaid Expansion Needs Your Support… Dear Editor, I got one of those plastic bracelets yesterday. You know, the kind that gets you into fancy events and concerts, except mine granted me entrance to Grandstaff Veterans Hospital in Spokane. See, I’m a veteran (Korea, ’71-’72), and was really sick. I thought I had pneumonia. I decided to make ...
- Thanks to Nick Gier… Dear Editor, I wanted to thank Nick Gier for his article illuminating Gandhi’s profound influence on Martin Luther King. I listened to a lecture given by the presiding Episcopal bishop, Michael Curry, on “Healing a House Divided.” The article made me think others might like to hear it. https://rap.wustl.edu/video/healing-a-house-divided-public-lecture-by-the-most-rev-michael-curry/ King and Gandhi brought factious ...
- Response to Lockwood… Dear Editor, In response to Steve Lockwood’s comments Jan. 23, 2018…“Bonner County zoning codes are up for changes <WITH> the usual opportunities for citizen input. Industrial plants are <NOT> being permitted in many county zones.” Since 2008, there have been more than a dozen amendments making more than 60 text changes ...
- Un-American Sentiments… Dear Editor, There are a lot of decidedly un-American sentiments running amok in the last issue that need to be addressed. In response to Ken Thatcher: You are wrong. We do not need less firepower, we need more. Do you recall the history of the Revolutionary War? Did the British government have ...
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TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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Community Calendars
Another week in Sandpoint. To make the most out of it you can learn some Winter Wilderness Skills, check out the free movie Summer of Soul, or simply create some Valentines for Seniors. See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Videography Jimmy Matlosz is making mini-documentaries, aka “mini docs” of notable Sandpoint persons. So far subjects have included cinematographer Erik Daarstaad, broadcaster Diane Michaels and man-of-many-talents Dan Shook. Latest is photographer Dann Hall. Go watch them at The Idaho Film Company»
