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Opinion

Featured / History / Opinion

24 Mar, 2020

A North Idaho pandemic: Then & Now

By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff

For everyone alive in North Idaho today, the novel coronavirus outbreak is uncharted territory.

Across the world, leadership is suspending gatherings, closing schools and encouraging …

Featured / Opinion

20 Mar, 2020

In Italy, they bang on pots and pans to show solidarity. Let’s do the same here in Sandpoint

By Ben Olson
Reader Staff

The human spirit is a resilient, powerful thing. As more and more of us are coming to grips with what may be a long period …

Humor / Opinion

13 Mar, 2020

A few thoughts…

By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist

Darn! It’s already March. November is coming up fast, and I declared my 2020 candidacy for president back when the Trump got elected, but then …

Opinion

13 Mar, 2020

The Baloney Detective: The self-made prince

By Tim Bearly
Reader Contributor

“Give a man a reputation as an early riser, and he can sleep ’til noon.” — Mark Twain

Alone and against the odds, like Moses …

Opinion

13 Mar, 2020

Taking a shot — Part 1

By Marjolein Groot Nibbelink
Reader Contributor

More than 97 guns are owned per 100 people in the United States. Serbia is second, with 58 per 100, and Yemen third with …

Education / Opinion

5 Mar, 2020

LPOSD stands by levy election validity pending court decision

By Tom Albertson
Special to the Reader

Teaching and learning is the main focus in Lake Pend Oreille School District (LPOSD). Decisions on personnel, budget, student opportunities, funding and facilities …

Humor / Opinion

27 Feb, 2020

Happy [bleep] year

By Ben Olson
Reader Staff

I received a breaking news alert on my phone on Feb. 2, 2020, announcing the fact that the day’s palindromic date (02/02/2020) is the only …

Education / Opinion

27 Feb, 2020

Teacher pay and property taxes

By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle
Special to the Reader

As Americans, we have a long history of placing high value on education. Thomas Jefferson spoke and wrote to great lengths …

Opinion

20 Feb, 2020

I want my America back

By James Richard Johnson
Special to the Reader

I want my America back! I grew up in the Midwest in the 1950s and want back the America that stood for …

Opinion

13 Feb, 2020

Love is a Dog From Hell

By Ben Olson
Reader Staff

The headline of this article comes from a book by poet and author Charles Bukowski, who lived a bitter, drunken existence periodically punctuated by moments …

Letters

• Pressing Issues… Dear Editor, Thank you Reader and Lyndsie Kiebert for the series profiling candidates running in the May 15 primary election. I can learn about the candidates on their own websites, but I feel that the media is my best source for objective information in deciding how to cast my vote. In the ...
• Medicaid Expansion… Dear Editor, When the Affordable Care Act was passed by Congress, some 24 million Americans were able to obtain health insurance who previously had none.  As part of this act, states were offered the chance to expand Medicaid for its poorest citizens, with the federal government picking up the tab. Gov. ...
• Leave Room For Recreation… Dear Editor, Sandpoint has an attractive downtown. There are already many coffee houses, shops and restaurants. Last week I reviewed the scenarios for the University of Idaho property on Boyer Avenue and was disturbed by the photos of coffee shops, “salons,” and plazas. Why sprawl out into a rural area with ...
• To Commissioners… Dear Editor, In response to Commissioner McDonald and Director Ollerton: It’s time I and the citizens of Bonner County exercise our First Amendment rights. I have been trying for two years to urge these two public servants and the prosecuting attorney to “do their job,” which is: “to protect and stabilize land values,” ...
• Silicon Smelter… Dear Editor, I am writing with my concerns about both the exploratory drilling proposed on national forest land on Green Mountain by Pend Oreille Silica Inc. and the plans of HiTest Sands Inc. to build a silica smelter near Newport. In regard to the exploratory drilling I understand that they are proposing ...

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