Sticking it to the new year
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
New year, new me — right?
Everybody loves a good New Year’s resolution. On second thought, everybody loves the idea of a New Year’s resolution. …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson
Reader Staff
I finished my first book of 2021. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig had been sitting in my audiobook queue since it came out in …
A dark day in our nation’s history
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Publisher’s note: This is an opinion article.
As Reader staff members were preparing our first edition of 2021 before press time on Jan. 6, pro-Trump …
It’s not the years in your life…
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Because it’s Latin, the phrase annus horribilis sounds ancient, but it’s not. In scattered use beginning in the 1980s, it didn’t come to prominence until …
The year in re- and preview
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Yeesh. Where to begin? First of all, we’re quite aware that making predictions even in less tumultuous times is a fool’s practice. Yet, undaunted, that’s …
Legislative preview:
By Rep. Sage Dixon, R-Ponderay
Special to the Reader
With the advent of COVID-19 the standard thought process that most legislators use when preparing legislation was interrupted by the sudden …
Legislative preview:
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle
Special to the Reader
The New Year is nearly upon us, which brings with it another legislative session here in Idaho. The Legislature will convene …
2020 was one hell of a year; here are some good things that happened
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
During “normal” times, the last page of the calendar usually brings wistful looks back at the year that has passed and hopeful views of the …
Coming out for the holidays
Sam Luikens
Reader Contributor
The holiday season is usually a time when many families gather together, some turning to the familiar and newly-minted traditions that offer comfort in the dark …
Use Idaho’s excess revenues to save lives, not more money
By Sen. Melissa Witntrow, D-Boise
Special to the Reader
What if you were hanging on the edge of a cliff and your friend leaned down and started rapping hard on …
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.
GO READ IT»
THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
GO READ IT»
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 Science fun, the Backcountry Film Festival, Insanity Fab, and more! See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
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⋅ MOVIE SHOWTIMES»
⋅ SPORTS & OUTDOOR EVENTS»
⋅ YEAR CALENDAR»
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.
