By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint Reader Contributor We are being told the 2023 legislative session is beginning to end. However, I’m not yet convinced we will be done on Friday, March 24. Our voting...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The honor roll of departed community icons is getting uncomfortably long. With the passing March 13 of Erik Daarstad, at age 87, Sandpoint has lost yet another irreplaceable personality...
By Steve Klatt Reader Contributor It is interesting to observe the discussions begin again about transportation routes through Sandpoint, as individuals once again dig their philosophical trenches to create more “roadblocks” to finding an...
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint Reader Contributor It is the duty of the Legislature each session to set and approve a balanced state budget. I believe it’s the only required duty. We have a...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff This month marks my dog’s fifth birthday. I’ve come to learn in the past five years that, when it comes to knowing and loving an animal, people either get...
By Molly O’Reilly Reader Contributor The Multimodal Transportation Master Plan that the city of Sandpoint proclaims favors all methods of getting around equally and was developed with “extensive public involvement” is flawed. You will...
By Carrie Logan Reader Contributor The Idaho Transportation Department and the city of Sandpoint (non-elected officials) have been talking about “the Curve” or “Couplet.” How did this project raise its ugly head again? My...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff In an ideal democracy, a government serves at the behest of its people, not in spite of them. We are oceans away from anything resembling an ideal democracy in...
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint Reader Contributor It’s been said this legislative session has had a slow start. There have only been a few bills passed by the Legislature and delivered to the governor....
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist For a second, we worried that we were a tree service without a crew. For a second, we worried that my politics might be the problem. Alas, it’s...
