Engage Sandpoint app is making progress
By David Phillips
Reader Contributor
Recently, the city of Sandpoint launched Engage Sandpoint, making use of the service SeeClickFix.com. I was intrigued by this, being a long-time software geek and …
By David Phillips
Reader Contributor
Recently, the city of Sandpoint launched Engage Sandpoint, making use of the service SeeClickFix.com. I was intrigued by this, being a long-time software geek and …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
French philosopher Rene Descartes famously said “I think, therefore I am.” (Actually, he probably said “Je pense, donc je suis,” unless he made a habit …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The past week has just been awful in America.
A man who killed two people in a Kentucky grocery store last Wednesday allegedly entered a …
By Sen. Shawn Keough
Reader Contributor
The official voters’ guide from the State of Idaho for November’s ballot contains several arguments against Proposition 2 (Medicaid Expansion) that are false or …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
•Your gas tank should always be at least half full
•Never take a phone call during dinner
•Pack your rifle with the scope tucked under …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights,” and that they have “the …
By Phil Hough
Reader Staff
We launched our canoe into strong head winds and waves. Forward progress was slow, so we camped early, on a muddy shore only five miles …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Contributor
Dear Robo-Caller,
Let’s be clear: Ben Olson is a degenerate, as your recent robocall impugning him and the Sandpoint Reader put it. He’s much less …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
The Centers for Disease Control has just released preliminary data on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and they show a dramatic increase in infections over four …
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