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
- Small Investment is Critical… Dear Editor, The March 14 supplemental school levy election is critical to the well-being of our community. Until the state government steps up to provide adequate funding for public schools, the responsibility falls on us to make sure our children get a good education. Our daughter is a proud 2016 graduate of ...
- We Are Full Spectrum of Humans… Hi fabulous Reader folks! In these times where one can either turn on Democrat news media or Republican news media and nothing in between, we, the ever growing post-partisan population (43 percent last time I looked) who are no longer in this “us vs. them” paradigm, have no place to get ...
- Look at the Facts… Dear Editor, I write this letter in support of continuing the supplemental levy that is up for renewal on March 14. This levy is not new. It is a replacement of an expiring levy – one that has been approved every two years for the past 17 years. The school district ...
- Stop Misleading Risch… Dear Editor, It is about time the so-called Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness and the Forest Service stop trying to mislead Sen. Jim Risch, our county commissioners, and others claiming there is very little opposition to the proposed wilderness. This is just not true. Now that people realize what they ...
- Our Community Needs This… Dear Editor, Those I have spoken to who are planning to vote against the upcoming school levy often bring up financial and economic reasons. Whether it is because of a perceived rise in their taxes (it’s very minimal since it’s a replacement levy), or whether it is because our superintendent’s salary ...
Reader in Print
Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
GO READ IT»
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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Curious about what media the locals use? Check our 2018 Local Media Survey. GO SEE »
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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⋅ SPORTS & OUTDOOR EVENTS»
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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.
