Dirt-y Secrets: Spring has (mostly) arrived
By Ranel Hanson Reader Columnist “It is one of those April days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold, when it is summer in the light and winter in the shade.” —...
Category: Opinion
City’s Multimodal Transportation Plan has ‘solutions without goals’
By Molly O’Reilly Reader Contributor Sandpoint’s Multimodal Transportation Master Plan (MTMP) will be on display at the Library April 27, 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. It is a workman-like document. Twenty years ago, it would have...
A logger’s daughter’s Earth Day
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff When I look at my garden, my mind works in annual cycles. I’ll put tomatoes in this spot, I think, because it gets great afternoon sun. I’ll try to...
A few thoughts … On perspective
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist My brothers and I and our significant others once stood in Grandpa Earl’s east field on a summer night, watching sunset fade away. Hanging in the sky 10 degrees...
Greetings from Boise: It’s a wrap — an overview of 2023 Idaho Legislature
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint Reader Contributor The 2023 Legislative Session ended last Thursday, April 6. As a freshman representative, I had few expectations. I had heard there would be lots to learn and...
Mydaho
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff For many years, in the earlier part of this century, my friends and I took to referring to Sandpoint as “The Shire” — owing not only to its natural...
‘A hole in the fabric of our community’
Bonner General Health’s announcement March 17 that it would end labor and delivery services ripped a hole in the fabric of our community. Generations of North Idaho residents were born at our hospital, proudly...
Hair like Erik’s
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor The more I came to know the recently departed sage of Sandpoint, Erik Daarstad, the more I thought about moving to Norway. My God, if one could live among...
So long and thanks for all the turns
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The end of the ski season at Schweitzer is always a little bittersweet. Everyone down in the valley is rejoicing at the first warm days of spring, leaving only...
Dirt-y Secrets: A preseason garden checklist
By Ranel Hanson Reader Columnist “In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.” — Henry Rollins, punk rocker The earth is waking up soon, and we will see the evidence. Green leaves,...
