‘Clean’ external audit report for LPOSD and update on accountability
By Tom Albertson
Reader Contributor
As we approach Nov. 5, Election Day, it is timely for me to share with you the financial accountability report presented at the Oct. 22 …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Local elections matter: Vote Nov. 5
By Luke Malek
Special to the Reader
As sure as you see the jack-o-lanterns appear on porches around your neighborhood, fall is in the air, and with it comes Election …
Mayor’s Roundtable: United by our values
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
Sandpoint is a community characterized by engaged citizenship. With more than 300 registered nonprofits, ours is a community of people who care. This is …
Bless this hunt: The many ways we prepare for a successful elk season
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Last Sunday, I found myself at Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran Church for the Blessing of the Hunters. I saw the event online, advertised as a …
Finding courage: We need to take back our power
By Jane Hoover
Reader Contributor
Courage comes from the willingness to be vulnerable. I look at people who write editorials and think that they are brave people no matter if …
Road Reflections: Fall 2019
By Steve Klatt
Special to the Reader
Overseeing a county road operation has some remarkable resemblance to surviving as a small farm operator. You take stock of the conditions in …
A history of conflict
By Christine Holbert
Reader Contributor
I recently spent six weeks in Ukraine, visiting family, traveling and promoting the new Lost Horse Press Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry Series at the Lviv Book …
Mayor’s Roundtable: An honor to serve
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
It has been an incredible honor and privilege to serve as mayor of Sandpoint.
This is a particularly important time as the city is …
Some thoughts on guns at the Festival
By James Baldree
Reader Contributor
Concerning the “controversy” over guns at the Festival, can we at least agree on a couple of points? Pro-gunners, given today’s realities, if the Festival …
Raising Idaho’s minimum wage is only the beginning. Next, bailout the workers
By Daniel Radford
Reader Contributor
Many people I’ve spoken with lately have been understandably peeved (pissed may be a more apt description) at the government’s “theft” of their wages. However, …
Letters
- Support Terry Ford… Dear Fellow Bonner County Residents, I am supporting Terry Ford for Sheriff of Bonner County. It is seldom I talk about personal issues but I think this is relevant. A little over a year ago I was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor. I had to go to Spokane for surgery which left ...
- An Open Letter for Gov. Otter… Governor Otter, Thank you for your important and courageous veto against the “Bible-in-Schools” bill. I live in Sandpoint and am a retired professor of physics from the University of Idaho. As a scientist, I could envision that if the Christian Bible were brought into a science class, a public-school, a science teacher ...
- Commissioners Flaunting Regulations… Dear Editor, The Clagstone Meadows incident is the latest in a disturbing string of actions by county commissioners suggesting a disregard for the laws they’re tasked with upholding. The project—a win-win for sportsmen, conservationists, and Stimson Lumber Company—was opposed by two commissioners in an illegal letter that they composed in violation ...
- Land Use Code Changes… Dear Editor, There has been much news about the recent changes to the Bonner County Land Use code and in the county Planning Department. I am often asked “what happened and why should I care?” Good questions. What happened? The county commissioners recently changed the land use code in two ways. The ...
- Bay Trail Not a Party Spot… Dear Editor, It’s beginning to be very busy at the Pend Oreille Bay Trail. Please be good neighbors and remind people who use the trail to park at City Beach or the former Windbag Marina and enjoy the walk to the trail. The small parking lot at the trail head is ...
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Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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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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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.
