Emily Articulated: Tomorrow’s problems
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist The ground crunched with every step I took, its dirt pocked with vertical frost crystals midway through heaving themselves from their depths to the sky — a journey cut...
Category: Opinion
The days of innocence
By Ben Olson Reader Staff I recently interviewed a young lady named Raye Johnson for a feature story this week (read “Raye of Hope,” Page 15). To put it lightly, Raye is an inspiration....
Gift Guide 2023: Weird and wonderful
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The idea of a “weird gift” might make locals reminisce on the store Zany Zebra — may it rest in peace — which sold such oddities as squirrel underpants...
Mad about Science: Alien (1979)
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist The few times that I’ve penned an article about a movie it has been to tear it to pieces for scientific inaccuracies, ludicrous time jumps and plot holes big...
County taxpayers fork out $790 per day for infighting…
By Sandi Nizzoli Reader Contributor During the formative years of my now-adult children, I delegated specific chores to each of them as a means of fostering a collaborative environment within our large family. This...
You wrestle like a girl
By Justin Henney Reader Contributor About nine years ago I asked my oldest daughter, Adeline (then in third or fourth grade), if she would try wrestling with a local wrestling club. She agreed to...
Dear Sandpoint city government: Snow parking tickets and other disappointments
By Mike Jewell Reader Contributor I love Sandpoint but I don’t live in town. I’d either forgotten from past years or maybe never knew about the rather arcane snow parking law the city has....
A holiday vow from a cut-rate Scrooge
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but somehow over the past dozen or so years I turned into a Scrooge on Bob Cratchit wages (which I find online...
Gift Guide 2023: Buying Local
By Ben Olson Reader Staff In each December edition that comes out before Christmas, the Reader dedicates a page to help our readers figure out what the heck to buy their loved ones for...
Navigating water quality in Lake Pend Oreille
By Karissa Huntsman Reader Contributor As snow is falling on the mountains and hills around Sandpoint, many are looking ahead to the upcoming winter season. Here at the Idaho Conservation League, we are still...
