On the Lake: For the love of water
By Shannon Williamson
Reader Columnist
With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, I thought it only fitting that I share why “I do what I do” with you fabulous readers. Working as …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Single in Sandpoint: Breasts
By Scarlette Quille
Reader Humor Columnist
Today, I am going to take a moment to discuss something that is on everyone’s mind: breasts. Breasts are the most controversial part on …
Gov. Otter: fund our budgets, not higher ed CEO
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Even though it was not recommended by his Higher Education Task Force, Gov. Butch Otter took the advice of seven business leaders and proposed a …
Tiny home inspires big dreams
By Katherine Trelstad
Reader Contributor
If you stop by Evans Brothers Coffee Roasters and gaze across the parking lot, you will notice something new. A tiny home on wheels is …
In Fine Fettle: Soul food and the subtle language of needs
By Ammi Midstokke
Reader Health Columnist
Some days, I’m just hungry. I can’t quite figure out what it is for, although cookie dough usually does the trick. It isn’t that …
Get out of the water: Oscar buzz films
By T.J. Tranchell
Reader Contributor
In discussing his gut-wrenching 1972 film “The Last House on the Left,” director Wes Craven called horror films “boot camp for the psyche.” Had Craven …
Emily Articulated: The Working Millennial
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
With 40 percent of the current American workforce being comprised by millennials, it’s inevitable that the way in which we approach employment as a country …
The Next Parenting Challenge
By Jim Payne
Reader Contributor
The total time a high school senior spends on electronic media—texting, internet, gaming, chat—is six hours a day.
This statistic appears in psychologist Jean Twenge’s …
Follies more than just ‘prancing on the stage’
By Patrice Webb
Reader Contributor
This is in response to Diane Wheeler’s “Point/Counterpoint” article in the Jan. 18 issue of the Reader.
First I want to say that I …
Norwegians wanted!
By Erik Daarstad
Reader Contributor
Ever since President Trump made the comment in a meeting at the White House about Norwegians vs. inhabitants of certain “s-hole” countries, it has become …
Letters
- Republican or a Democrat…? Dear Editor, Growing up in North Central Montana in the ‘50s, I spent a great deal of time with my maternal grandparents. They were homesteaders who became small business owners. Family was most important. Religion, education, literature, arts, and sports were part of family life. So was working hard, taking responsibility ...
- To Senators Risch and Crapo… To Sens. Risch and Crapo, As our elected representatives in the U.S. Senate, we are asking you to act in our behalf to immediately halt the inhumane policy of the Trump administration in separating children from their parents at the border. With hundreds of children, some ripped from their mother’s arms, separated ...
- Insulting Immigration Policy… Dear Editor, Families from Central America are fleeing the worst criminal violence in the world. They are arriving at our borders. These men, women and children are seeking asylum as they are literally running for their lives. They have left behind their family, their friends, their homes, their land, their property and ...
- Fuhrman Insult… Dear Editor, Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! I’m sorry, but as a newspaper that promotes community peace, love and togetherness, where do you get off blasting one of our citizens, Mark Fuhrman, as someone you wish hadn’t moved here? What has he EVER done to harm Sandpoint? I’ve never met Mark Fuhrman but ...
- Read, Listen, Watch… Dear Editor, Read “Merchants Of Doubt,” written by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, explores the schemes of climate change deniers. “... they don’t have to win, they just have to create doubt and delay.” Listen “Freedom Highway” by Rhiannon Giddens, operatically trained singer/songwriter, recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant” Award in ...
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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Curious about what media the locals use? Check our 2018 Local Media Survey. GO SEE »
Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss the Banff Film Festival, CHAFE150 Registration, the Reader Community Party, 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.
