Blues Power
By Adrian Murillo
Reader Contributor
The time has come to praise our own unique Sandpoint sound of democracy and equality throwing it down every Monday night. I’m talking about the …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Emily Articulated: Hamilton
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
This past week, while getting barraged by the whirlwind of local and national political fanfare, I found a foothold in positive political engagement by revisiting …
A weekly reminder: You’re not crazy
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
In the nearly eight years I’ve been at the helm of this newspaper, one constant remains as a motivating reason why we do what we …
What you need to know about Idaho abortion laws
By Drs. Amelia and Vince Huntsberger
Reader Contributors
The Idaho Legislature has enacted some of the strictest abortion laws in the country. The “total abortion ban” went into effect on …
Losing hope is the death of democracy
By Nishelle Gonzales
Reader Contributor
I want to begin by celebrating and acknowledging how amazing the United States is. I know that “We’re Number One!” rhetoric is an instant eye …
I wanted a barn cat
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
I’m a dog person.
Most people can make assertions about what kind of person that makes me, and they’d likely be right. I am outgoing, …
Emily Articulated Travel Diary: Returning home and escalation
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
We’ve rounded out the last week of our trip abroad with stops in Copenhagen, Hamburg and Amsterdam. In these cities, history is not only found …
Confessions of a puzzler
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
My grandma was a puzzler. Not necessarily in personality — though some others may disagree — but in the sense that she liked brain teasers. …
County needs to tighten reins on spot zoning
By Kristina Kingsland
Reader Contributor
Zoning is a term that refers to the set of laws enacted by the county or city that define how property can be used, how …
A few thoughts … On shedding an old skin
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
I’m two miles from the pickup and 500 feet above where I left it parked when I find a snakeskin on a rock midstream in …
Letters
- Weapons Flyer in Bad Taste… Dear Editor, On February 28th I received a flyer from North40 in my mailbox and noticed they advertised a sale on two assault weapons (AR-556 and AR-15). I like the store but at this point in time, just two weeks after 17 people were killed with these types of killing weapons ...
- How Did We Get Here… Dear Editor, Terrorism is an egregious act designed to instill fear in people so deep and so entrenched in our psyches that the results are paralytic. PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) is the result. School shootings are one form of terrorism. In today’s world none of us is immune to this process. ...
- Sound Money Bill… Dear Editor, Regarding the February 22 Reader article, “Idaho Senate committee kills popular sound money bill;” at the beginning of the article you identify the writer as JP Cortez, but at the end of the article he is identified as JP Morgan. I find this somewhat ironic, as it was J.P. ...
- Medicaid Expansion… Dear Editor, Idaho has not accepted Medicaid expansion and the federal dollars that go along with it. Why? Consider these facts: •288,426 - The number of people covered by Medicaid and CHIP as of June 20, 2016 •150,000 - The number of additional people who would be covered if we accepted the expansion •54,000 ...
- School Shooting… Dear Editor, When the father of a slain student from the Florida high school where 17 students were murdered rose at a CNN town hall meeting, he confronted Sen. Marco Rubio saying: “What you and our president did today was pathetic,” meaning they had done nothing to stop such shootings at ...
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Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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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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Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss out on Live performances of music & theater, fundraising, and more! See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
