A few thoughts … On winter and our fellow travelers
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
A bobcat is traveling around the homestead these days, teaching snowshoe hares and ruffed grouse to pay attention, a good and proper thing for a …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Camp Bay beach giveaway disputed
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
Whether 50 feet of shoreline in Camp Bay stays open to the public is scheduled to be decided by the Bonner County commissioners on Wednesday, …
The best vacation ever
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
For the first time in what feels like years — and probably is years — I came to work on Monday feeling relaxed and rested. …
The Lumberjill: School closures, COVID and fatigue — tragedy in too many acts
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
It finally happened — the thing I’ve been dreading for the two years since the last time it happened: classroom closure due to COVID.…
Keep the Scotchman Peaks Wild and Open
By Ed Robinson
Reader Contributor
The Scotchman Peaks is a magical place. Having worked in the forests of the Idaho Panhandle for 35 years, I don’t say that lightly. This …
Legislative update: Idaho’s bright future
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle
Reader Contributor
In the Legislature, as in life, we play the hand we’re dealt. Fortunately, the deck is currently stacked in Idaho’s favor and I …
On losing teeth
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Among the greatest joys of moonlighting as a paraprofessional teacher for part of the week is remembering what it was like to be a kid.…
It’s never too late to make sweet music
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If you asked a room full of musicians what inspired them to learn an instrument, some would probably say their love was awakened by a …
Housing market storm warnings
By Raphael Barta
Reader Contributor
As we head into 2022, everyone from housing analysts, mortgage lenders, real estate agents, buyers and sellers are wondering: When will there be a return …
The snow that binds us together
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Last week’s snowstorms felt like traveling back in time — back to Old Sandpoint, when events like that would occur a half dozen times throughout …
Letters
- Not a Partisan Issue… Dear Editor, If you are sick, or injured, and you seek the medical help you need, nobody will ask you what your political beliefs are. They will ask you, though, if you have any health insurance. For many people in Idaho, the answer is still no. The Medicaid expansion petition is ...
- Worst Terrorist Organization in the World… Dear Editor, What is the worst terrorist organization in the world? ISIS, per the CIA. There is an estimated 80,000-100,000 members. ISIS has killed about 2,100 people outside of Iraq and Syria AL Qaeda/Taliban have about 200 to 1,000 core members, but possibly tens of thousands of followers. Between 1992 and 2008 they have ...
- Jim Woodward for District 1… Dear Editor, Jim Woodward is the perfect fit to replace retiring Shawn Keough for District 1 Senate. Jim supports the same issues, principles and concerns of the constituents in the district. He favors and prioritizes education, water quality, small business, timber and efficient government which allows for a lower tax burden ...
- Signatures Needed… Dear Mr. Olson, When my husband and I moved to the Sandpoint area in 2002, the future looked bright. At last we had the home in the country he’d wanted for so long. But five days after he retired he was diagnosed with stage-three cancer. An aggressive treatment plan was laid ...
- Institutionalized violence… Dear Editor, I thought it remarkable that a performance at the Oscars called out the NRA (“...NRA/You stand in God’s way...”) until I recalled that Hollywood is one of the largest enablers of gun violence after the NRA. When we choose to watch violent movies we are endorsing institutionalized violence. In ...
Reader in Print
Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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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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Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Festivus, Skiing with Santa, Hogwire, 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.
