Home(s) for the holidays
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The end of December is when many return home for dinners, gifts and gatherings of varying formality. No family looks the same and, often, the …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Waterkeeper: Trestle Creek Marina project will do irreparable damage
By Steve Holt
Reader Contributor
As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, the Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper is not against development or growth per se; however, if you are going to …
Voices in the Wilderness: Exploring our wild backyard whenever we can
By Rebecca Sanchez
Reader Contributor
My father grew up in a town on the outskirts of Zurich, Switzerland with his sister and five brothers. The lucky boy had the Alps …
The art of nothingness
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
There is an art to doing nothing. In this workaday world dominated by how many items we can cram into our daily lives, some might …
2021 Gift Guide: Shopping local at the last-minute
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
True to form, I have procrastinated on most aspects of this season — including everything from the mustering of holiday spirit to the writing of …
A Sandpoint Festivus
By Kaleb Keaton
Reader Contributor
Seinfeld was a sitcom that took the ’90s by storm. It approached society with a unique look on the human condition and the behaviors to …
Christmas socks: A Sandpoint story of holiday kindness
By Maria Finlay Larson
Reader Contributor
Last year, as I was painting the winter windows in downtown Sandpoint, I had an experience that — at the end of a chaotic …
Confessions of an office junkie
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Working from home sucks. I get it that many people — including many smart, capable, driven people — absolutely flourish while farting all day into …
Calling all Selkirk School alumni and our community
By Darrell Van Dyken
Reader Contributor
We all remember being in pre-K or kindergarten, even if that was 10, 20 or 30 years ago. As we know, the early years …
Risking for your life
By Chris White
Reader Contributor
“If you want to be brave and reach for the top of the sky, and the farthest point on the horizon, and you know who …
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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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.
