What you see is what you get
By Susan Geise
Reader Contributor
It happened again, just a few minutes ago. As it often does. Perhaps as it was intended from the start.
At first, I thought I …
Category: Sports and Outdoors
Bonner County can do more to protect water quality
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
Idaho is lucky to have environmental experts looking out for public health when it comes to land use decisions that impact water quality. These experts …
Mad about Science: Microplastics
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Publisher’s note: Brenden Bobby is off this week, so publisher Ben Olson is filling in for him.
Anyone with access to an internet connection the …
A Few Thoughts… On Pythagoras’ ‘music of the spheres’
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Once upon a time, long, long ago — at least a decade, maybe more — I was enlisted by a couple of teachers from a …
Schweitzer FallFest celebrates 30 years
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
A lot has changed on Schweitzer Mountain since 1993, but one can always count on the annual end of the summer season soiree known as …
Mind, body and running shoes
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
For Matt and Angie Brass, it all comes down to teamwork. Longtime coaches for cross-country and track at Sandpoint High School, the husband-and-wife duo have …
Voices in the Wilderness
By Briana Whitehead
Reader Contributor
It was a perfect July in Montana. We had just gotten married at Legacy Bike Park near Kalispell, Mont., and we were ready to start …
The children just want to breathe
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
As fires rage in Idaho’s forests, the smoke hangs so thick sometimes in Sandpoint that its famous views take on a muted, ghostly pallor. Summer …
State returns to Stage I fire restrictions
By Reader Staff
As a spate of regional wildfires and numerous smoke-filled days have given way to cooler, wetter weather, the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation announced Aug. 30 …
‘This is your sled hill’
By Reader Staff
Shortly before the final band took the stage at the inaugural SledFest fundraiser on Aug. 26, Kaniksu Land Trust Executive Director Katie Egland Cox made an important …
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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.
