The Lumberjill
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist Before my husband and I joined forces to become arborists, I was a librarian. I loved it. The interaction with community and books and ideas filled my cup....
Category: Opinion
The legislative roller coaster
By Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise Reader Contributor When I started my first term in 2019, nearly every long-time Capitol observer told me it was the worst legislative session they ever experienced. In 2020, they...
Legislative update: Where did the money come from?
By Sen. Jim Woodward Reader Contributor A major task each legislative session is creating and approving a plan for how we will spend our state tax dollars in the upcoming year. The legislative session...
Rent, buy, sell: That big boom feeling
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist It’s hard to live in the greater Sandpoint area and not feel the pulsing boom of the newcomers, home-buyers, rental-seekers, land-sellers and everyone stuck somewhere in between. Within the...
Ice Ages: A boy and his dad go ice fishing
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Regarding the many forms of fishing, I’ve already made clear my lack of real success or skill. Still, it’s an activity I enjoy. The other week, when we were...
An open letter on VA health care
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Dear President Joe Biden, There are more than two parties, let’s face it. There is another major party — something like a C.E.O.cracy. Led by billionaires and hyper-lobbyist-minions, this...
The time is right for the Idaho Working Families Agenda
By Reps. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise, and Colin Nash, D-Boise Reader Contributors Work, family and our children. These are the values embedded in the Idaho Working Families Agenda that House Democrats unveiled this week [Feb....
Conspiracy theories hold us back while we should be ‘spiraling to higher ground’
By Adrian Murillo Reader Contributor While reading Jill Trick’s article on conspiracies [Perspectives, “On conspiracies: truth and relativity,” Feb. 18] I worried where she was going. Then she quoted Alan Watts. It triggered a...
Mayor’s Roundtable:
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor Sandpoint and the region is at a critical moment right now. Idaho continues to be the fastest growing state in the nation and the Panhandle is taking its...
A few thoughts on surviving COVID-19
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist I promised myself I would write something light and funny this month. But then, I went to town. I hadn’t been for a while. I’d been pretty much holed...
