The Lumberjill: Supply, demand and Sandpoint
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
We received our first negative review recently. It came from someone we’ve never even met, let alone worked for. It came from someone disappointed …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Mad About Science
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
The ability to learn isn’t a human-specific trait. Every organic creature from the blue whale to bacteria have some capacity for learning — otherwise we …
Blueberry Fields Forever
By Bonnie Jakubos
Reader Contributor
Picking blueberries is on my list of Favorite Things About North Idaho. I hasten to assure local huckleberry aficionados that I am not dissing their …
Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
If my brain had a chamber that held all the existential dread I could carry about the state of the world, it would have a …
Summer, I’m breaking up with you
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It’s official: My love affair with Summer has ended. We are no longer on speaking terms, and it’s anyone’s guess when relations will be repaired. …
Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
As we’re all far too familiar with right now, living in a place that is susceptible to extreme weather and environmental patterns is humbling. Multiple …
The Lumberjill
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
We make money off dying trees and wildfire-ravaged landscapes. Business booms when there are windstorms and droughts. We are disaster capitalists. Some days, I’m …
Emily Articulated: Alaska
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I spent the past two weeks touring Alaska — chasing clear, sunny days and plotting map points in coastal fishing towns, quirky backpacking communities, state …
False flags of selective outrage
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
One of my favorite lines in Bill Watterson’s iconic comic strip Calvin and Hobbes is when Calvin remarks to his imaginary pet tiger Hobbes: “Sometimes …
Too hot? Let’s do what we can
By Gabrielle Duebendorfer
Reader Contributor
My husband and I went on a delightful five-day backpacking trip in the Cabinet Mountains last week. Different vegetation layers along the 3,000-foot elevation difference …
Letters
- Shelby for Mayor… Dear Editor, Vote for Shelby Rognstad in the Sandpoint Mayor’s election on November 3rd. Shelby wants to bring clean, high-tech firms here that provide good-paying jobs. He drafted a zoning plan that keeps Sandpoint affordable, with no sprawl, and is environmentally sensitive. He created an herbicide-free, hand-pulling program to rid our lake of invasive ...
- We get what we pay for… Dear Editor, Regarding Heather Scott and her confederate flag, either she is very unaware of the meaning of that flag or she is very racist. Yes she can claim that her actions are a freedom of speech issue. Obviously she is is ignorant of the fact that the confederate flag is ...
- Tea Party politicians shouldn’t butt in… Last week I heard on our local talk radio (KSPT 1400) an announcement or what sounded like an advertisement given by one of our local political leaders (Christian Fioravanti) that he and our other tea party official, Heather Scott, as well as our elected sheriff Daryl Wheeler, bragging about how ...
- Avista rate increase unfounded… Dear Idaho Public Utilities Commissioners: I have a problem with Avista’s requested increases in the monthly electric basic charge from $5.25 to $8.50 and the monthly natural gas basic charge from $4.25 to $8.00. These increases are 62% and 88%, respectively. First of all, I understand the need to increase rates. Avista’s ...
- The world gone crazy… Dear Editor, With all the violence going on by both citizens and the authorities, it seems the world has gone crazy. What could be causing this? One of the most obvious reasons is there is just too many people in the world. Another obvious reason is religion. There are some other possible ...
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 New Year’s Eve Celebrations, the Polar Bear Plunge, 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.
