Back of the Book:
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Clubs have never really been my thing. I’ve always preferred to either do things alone or tell other people what to do. Thus the life …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
The cult of a thousand cuts
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
In 1978, more than 900 people committed mass suicide by drinking Kool-Aid laced with cyanide. The people belonged to a group called Peoples Temple Agricultural …
The Lumberjill
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Staff
As the lone female on the crew, the bathroom situation is typically the most challenging for me. While the guys can simply sidle up …
Emily Articulated: 1 Star
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
In my most recent article, I doled out “5-Star” reviews of the people and businesses that make this community great. I applauded the organizations and …
Needs versus wants
By Helen Newton
Reader Contributor
Currently 15 cities in Idaho use taxing authority set up by the state for either resort city taxes or non-property local option taxes or both. …
The Lumberjill
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
North Idaho recently made the national news cycle thanks to the fact that we’re currently rationing health care, operating under “crisis standards of care” …
Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson
Reader Staff
I’ve been thinking about my high school English class a lot lately and the care my teacher, Mrs. Auch, took in instructing us on the …
‘Tyranny of the minority’
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It seems rarer and rarer that good news comes out of Idaho’s increasingly batty political sphere, but Aug. 23 was undoubtedly a good day for …
Remembering 9/11: 20 years later
Apocalyptic literature
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
My college roommates and I lived together — all 20 or, like me, nearing 21 years old — in a nice house a …
Emily Articulated: Relearned lessons
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I had plans to write another article, to put a different set of words to my thoughts and ideas. I’d filled my customary notebook sheet …
Letters
- Shooting could have been avoided… Earlier this month an incident took place in Sandpoint where a law enforcement officer used deadly force in the execution of his duties. Sad to say, but this confrontation was easily avoidable. I’m not for one minute saying the use of deadly force was not justified. Quite the opposite, it ...
- Electrical hypersensitivity follow up… Dear Editor, Thank you so much for covering the story of electrohypersensitivity . As a follow up to the happenings of it in my life, the new meter; a non-two way communicating I-tron meter was put in but I’m still feeling pressure in my inner ears, and ...
- Just like Laura… Dear Editor, Several hundred people, or so it appeared, showed up last Sunday afternoon on a grassy knoll on Lakeshore Drive to celebrate Laura Bry’s life of goodwill and good work. She had died of a heart attack at 53. As we listened to and empathized with the emotional tributes from ...
- Highway 200 roadside cutting wrong… Dear Editor, They are the minions of the Sarnonian, Darth Vadian, and Voldemortian absolute worst agency in our state—those who do the dirty work for the ID(I)OT Machine. I usually include that middle “I” when describing this arrogant and seemingly all-powerful government agency—the Idaho Department of Transportation. I rarely know, and ...
- Sandpoint Lions Club gives thanks… Dear Editor, The Sandpoint Lions Club would like to take this opportunity to thank Schweitzer Mountain Resort and Papé Machinery for their participation in this year’s Independence Day Celebration. Without the generous gift on a 2015/2016 season ski pass and Papé’s assistance in purchasing a John Deere Gator, the Lions Club would ...
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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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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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.
