In search of conkers
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff My old Montessori school once stood imposingly tall — for a toddler — between the Sandpoint Charter School and the roaring traffic of U.S. Highway 2. I remember it...
Category: Sports and Outdoors
The Lumber Jill: Give of your driveway, give of your heart
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist It was, perhaps, not my finest moment. I might have treated one Sandpoint land baron as a proxy for them all. I might have been unkind and unfair....
Public sounds off on proposed Trestle Creek development
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Officials, developers and members of the public gathered Sept. 6 for a public hearing regarding the Idaho Club’s permit request for a community dock at Trestle Creek. The...
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 was alone in the...
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 were on hand to...
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 past decade will have...
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 local school to help...
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 FallFest. One part beer...
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 decided to hang up...
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 our mini-honeymoon in the...
