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Opinion

1 Mar, 2023

City must engage in real public involvement on ‘Couplet’ concept

By Molly O’Reilly
Reader Contributor

The Multimodal Transportation Master Plan that the city of Sandpoint proclaims favors all methods of getting around equally and was developed with “extensive public involvement” …

Featured / Opinion

1 Mar, 2023

Hwy. 2 ‘Couplet’ concept is ‘just nuts’

By Carrie Logan
Reader Contributor

The Idaho Transportation Department and the city of Sandpoint (non-elected officials) have been talking about “the Curve” or “Couplet.” How did this project raise its …

Opinion

24 Feb, 2023

The pesky public

By Ben Olson
Reader Staff

In an ideal democracy, a government serves at the behest of its people, not in spite of them. We are oceans away from anything resembling …

Opinion / Politics

24 Feb, 2023

Legislative Update: Greetings from Boise — and a homecoming

By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint
Reader Contributor

It’s been said this legislative session has had a slow start. There have only been a few bills passed by the Legislature and …

Featured / Opinion

24 Feb, 2023

The Lumberjill: Contemplating the cost of outspokenness

By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist

For a second, we worried that we were a tree service without a crew.

For a second, we worried that my politics might be …

Opinion / Politics

15 Feb, 2023

The Idaho Legislature: Where democracy goes to die

By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff

You can give no greater gift to an arch-conservative than mentioning the word “democracy” — it gives them the opportunity to puff up with pedantic …

Opinion / Sports and Outdoors

15 Feb, 2023

An afternoon meditation

By Ben Olson
Reader Staff

The alarm clock barely has a chance to make any noise on powder days. I’m usually up well before the buzzer, checking the Schweitzer Snow …

Opinion / Politics

15 Feb, 2023

Idaho’s three-party system

By Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise
Reader Contributor

People told me something I’ve never heard before as I was knocking on doors last year: “Stop the crazy!” Voters are concerned about …

Opinion

15 Feb, 2023

Sandpoint City Council was right to put the brakes on transportation plan

By Brad Smith
Reader Contributor

The Sandpoint City Council made two important decisions about the Highway 2 corridor at its Feb. 1 meeting. The council unanimously approved the purchase of …

Opinion

15 Feb, 2023

U.S. 2 through Sandpoint

By Kody Van Dyk
Special to the Reader

Fifth Avenue, parts of Pine Street and the Dover Highway from Boyer Avenue to the western city limits are part of U.S. …

Letters

• Levy Goes Beyond Ideologies… Dear Editor, The upcoming levy goes far beyond your feelings toward schools and how they should be run. It goes beyond your political ideologies or allegiances as well. This levy is an economic issue for our entire community, and needs to be recognized as such. Families that care about the wellbeing of their ...
• Vote Yes for LPOSD Levy… Dear Editor, LPOSD needs your vote on March 14.  Like most districts in Idaho, supplemental levies are necessary to maintain existing staff and programming.  This levy funds one-third of all district staff, all academic and extracurricular activities, technology and all curricular materials, and professional development. It provides for teaching, learning and ...
• Protect Natural Resources… Dear Editor, I wholeheartedly support designating Scotchman Peaks for wilderness because protecting the natural resources in this area for future generations is extremely important to me. We would be providing wilderness in North Idaho, where none exists; which would designate as wilderness only one-half percent of the 2.5 million acres that ...
• Tired of Untruths with Scotchman Peaks… Dear Editor, OK, I cannot standby and let policy be set by untruths in regards to the proposed Scotchman Peaks wilderness, including claims by Dave Reynolds of Hope that fishing, hunting, huckleberry picking, etc. will be eliminated. This shows that Mr. Reynolds is either ignorant of the true facts or lying. ...
• Small Schools are Good for Kids… Dear Editor, What does it say when a community supports their schools? It tells us that the children of the Hope, Clark Fork, Northside, Kootenai, Sandpoint, Sagle and Southside areas are important to those communities. We are all fortunate to live in an area that has so many small local schools. ...

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