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Opinion

19 Apr, 2023

City’s Multimodal Transportation Plan has ‘solutions without goals’

By Molly O’Reilly
Reader Contributor

Sandpoint’s Multimodal Transportation Master Plan (MTMP) will be on display at the Library April 27, 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. It is a workman-like document. Twenty years …

Opinion

19 Apr, 2023

A logger’s daughter’s Earth Day

By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff

When I look at my garden, my mind works in annual cycles. I’ll put tomatoes in this spot, I think, because it gets great afternoon …

Opinion

14 Apr, 2023

A few thoughts … On perspective

By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist

My brothers and I and our significant others once stood in Grandpa Earl’s east field on a summer night, watching sunset fade away. Hanging in …

Featured / Opinion / Politics

14 Apr, 2023

Greetings from Boise: It’s a wrap — an overview of 2023 Idaho Legislature

By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint
Reader Contributor

The 2023 Legislative Session ended last Thursday, April 6. As a freshman representative, I had few expectations. I had heard there would be …

Opinion

6 Apr, 2023

Mydaho

By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff

For many years, in the earlier part of this century, my friends and I took to referring to Sandpoint as “The Shire” — owing not …

Featured / Opinion

6 Apr, 2023

‘A hole in the fabric of our community’

Bonner General Health’s announcement March 17 that it would end labor and delivery services ripped a hole in the fabric of our community. Generations of North Idaho residents were born …

Arts & Culture / Featured / Opinion

6 Apr, 2023

Hair like Erik’s

By Tim Henney
Reader Contributor

The more I came to know the recently departed sage of Sandpoint, Erik Daarstad, the more I thought about moving to Norway. 

My God, if …

Opinion / Sports and Outdoors

31 Mar, 2023

So long and thanks for all the turns

By Ben Olson
Reader Staff

The end of the ski season at Schweitzer is always a little bittersweet. Everyone down in the valley is rejoicing at the first warm days …

Featured / Opinion / Sports and Outdoors

31 Mar, 2023

Dirt-y Secrets: A preseason garden checklist

By Ranel Hanson
Reader Columnist

“In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.”
— Henry Rollins, punk rocker

The earth is waking up soon, and we will see …

Opinion

31 Mar, 2023

County government 101

By Luke Omodt, Bonner Co. commissioner, Dist. 3
Reader Contributor

What exactly is local government? Local government is any entity that has the statutory authority or jurisdiction to deliver services, …

Letters

• No to Donna Gow as Assessor… Dear Editor, I listened to the KRFY radio broadcast on 4/25/18 with the three candidates for Assessor. All three were asked questions about themselves, the position and their goals. One of the statements made by Donna Gow stood out from all the rest.  Her description of the Motor Vehicles division of the Assessors ...
• McDonald is the Best Choice… Dear Editor, Boredom is not a reason to run for office. And neither is gender. But a willingness to serve your fellow citizens, dedication to the demands of the position and a commitment to excellence and honesty are. Also required is an unyielding understanding that “the best government is that which ...
• Vote for Lockwood… Dear editor, Steve Lockwood, candidate for the Bonner County Board of Commissioners, is a strong believer in transparency and doesn’t think our current elected county officials are practicing it today. “Today’s county commission is making decisions privately, before public  meetings, and not making it easy for voters to follow their actions,” says ...
• Vote for Richard Miller… Dear Editor I would like to express my support for Richard Miller as the next Bonner County assessor. Richard is a valued member of our community. He is well known for his self-starting, problem-solving work ethic. He holds a master’s degree and is greatly esteemed by his peers and customers alike. Contrary ...
• Consider the Future of Public Lands… Dear Editor, The ballot for the upcoming May 15 primary election will include an Scotchman Peaks Wilderness “advisory” question, as follows: “Do you favor Senator Jim Risch’s proposal for congressional designation of a 13,960-acre Scotchman Peaks Wilderness Area in Bonner County.” Although non-binding, the results potentially have a significant impact on ...

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