Love your neighbor in 2019
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If there’s one thing I learned after spending 25 days on a sailboat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, it’s that I have no …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Volunteerism: Part 1
By Debra Townsend
Reader Contributor
It’s that time of year where you’re either making New Year’s resolutions, or you’re rolling your eyes at your friends and family who are making …
Inside Foster Care
By Jeremiah Saint
Reader Contributor
According to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, in the year 2017 there were a reported 442,995 children in the foster care …
Cheerleaders and Critics: American politics and the pendulum effect
By Tim Bearly
Reader Contributor
“Politics is a pendulum,” Albert Einstein said, “whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perpetually rejuvenated illusions.”
To dispel these illusions we must …
Knot too shabby: Part 1
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
For every situation, there is the perfect knot.
Recently, Cadie and I completed a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on a 39-foot sailboat. While I’ll …
‘I don’t dance’
By Brietta Leader
Reader Contributor
“I don’t dance” is a phrase I have heard many times over the years. I used to react with concern or coercion, leaving the conversation …
Walter Mitty? In Sandpoint?
By Tim Henney
Reader Contributor
Among the most cherished books in my personal library are those by author/artist/humorist James Thurber, one of the lynchpins of the early New Yorker magazine. …
What your 20-something really wants for Christmas
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
As a kid, I’d unabashedly produce a Christmas List for my mom each year, sometime in October. Although she is a year-round holiday shopper, my …
Smaller lumps of coal in some Christmas stockings this year
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Every mine safety law is written in a miner’s blood.
—Phil Smith, United Mine Workers
Initially, I could not find a connection between the 40-year …
Letters
- Kate for Idaho House… Dear Editor, Kate McAlister knows how to create new jobs, improve education, and help bring in vitally needed internet infrastructure that supports our needs. Kate has extensive experience collaborating with business, education and local government leaders. The incumbent, Heather Scott, seems fearful and holds extreme views. Believing that Sharia Law would somehow ...
- Words to Live By… Dear Editor, There has been a lot of talk lately about the politics of this region, and I am writing in regard to what I have heard. First, I would like to address the fear-mongers among us. We are all part of the United States of America, whether you like it or ...
- Lawsuit Shows Arrogant Attitude… Dear Editor, Just before Christmas 2015, years of work and thousands of hours of individual effort by people from all walks of life in northwest Montana came to fruition when the Kootenai Forest Stakeholders made a landmark agreement about land use on the Kootenai National Forest. The spectrum of participants was ...
- Who Am I…? Dear Editor, My name is Natasha Ferris. I am Adam Ferris’ biological sister. I, too, am gay. Also trangender. I find this odd. Always have. However I love how none of these stories or articles mention one thing about me. Or who I was, or what part I played in Adam’s ...
- Vote for Ken Meyers… Dear Editor, After growing up on a wheat farm in western Montana, Ken Meyers went on to become an educator and administrator at Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. His experience taught him that good things happen when you have a vision that improves people’s lives, and you move toward ...
Reader in Print
Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
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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.
