Emily Articulated: Branded
By Emily Erickson
Reader Staff
Outside of writing this column, I work with businesses to help establish or rework their outward-facing presence. These collaborations usually center on crafting a new …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
The truth about citizen initiatives
By Luke Mayville
Special to the Reader
In military terms, a “smoke screen” is a cloud of smoke used to hide the movement of military units such as infantry or …
The Lumberjill: Shy Ronnie, use your chainsaw
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
“I want to be her in my next life,” I heard our client say to her husband. She said it about me. I ducked …
Idaho’s transportation future
By Sen. David Nelson, D-Moscow
Reader Contributor
Investing in infrastructure is something almost all Idahoans can agree on, yet we haven’t got it down. This might be the year we …
Voters must not reward their own suppression
By Idaho House Minority Leader Ilana Rubel, D-Boise
Reader Contributor
The ballot initiative is the voice of the people. It’s the only mechanism for Idahoans to enact a law when …
The power of words
By K.L. Huntley
Reader Contributor
Nothing warms the heart more than when someone sincerely tells us they love us — when the cat jumps in your lap and begins to …
Madame Wu
By Phil Deutchman
Reader Contributor
The U.S. Postal Service issued a new, “forever” stamp featuring the portrait of nuclear physicist Chien-Shiung Wu. She is not known to the general public, …
Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
Recently, several bills have been making headlines across the country and in Idaho. Their wording seems to have a way of skirting around each bill’s …
A Few Thoughts…
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Having survived COVID-19 and feeling sort of — but not completely — immune, I recently traveled down Mexico way. I didn’t go into Mexico, except …
The Lumberjill
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
Once upon a time, in a seemingly far off land, I was a writer. I woke every morning, grabbed my jar of peanut butter …
Letters
- Wake up and Vote… Dear Editor, Wake up and vote – the Redoubters are! They are taking our community, and we won’t even know it until it’s done. They are getting on city councils, school boards, county commissions and state legislative seats. Their efforts are directed at stopping school levies, stopping wilderness and national forest ...
- Look at the Facts… Dear Editor, Please vote yes on the upcoming replacement supplemental levy for Lake Pend Oreille School District. Because the state does not adequately financially support our local educational process, it is necessary to come back to the voters rather regularly to request supplemental levies. Requested is $8,300,000 in 2018 and $8,700,000 in ...
- Vote in Favor of Levy… Dear Editor, Please vote IN FAVOR of the new school levy on March 14. This two-year levy replaces the old, expiring levy. It is a bare-bones, minimal increase of approximately 2 percent on just the Lake Pend Oreille School District (LPOSD) portion of your property tax. For a home assessed at ...
- Don’t Stay Home, Vote… Dear Editor, As a resident of Bonner County, I am asking other voters in this county to vote in favor of the supplemental school levy increase on March 14. I am a retiree who has moved back to North Idaho after many years and always appreciate what value came to my life ...
- Talk to Congressman… Dear Editor, Congressman Raul Labrador (R) this week co-sponsored a bill by Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) that would eliminate the U.S. Department of Education by 2018. While the bill has been dubbed “largely symbolic,” it reflects the Congress’ new shotgun approach to legislation with the use of the Congressional Review Act; also lined ...
Reader in Print
Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
GO READ IT»
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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Curious about what media the locals use? Check our 2018 Local Media Survey. GO SEE »
Community Calendars
Have a great day in Sandpoint. Squeeze in the fun this week with “No Man’s Land”; the Cancer’s No Joke Fundraiser; Schpring Finale; the Home & Garden Show; an Egg Hunt; and more! As always, see the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
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⋅ CIVIC EVENTS»
⋅ MOVIE SHOWTIMES»
⋅ SPORTS & OUTDOOR EVENTS»
⋅ YEAR CALENDAR»
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»
