Heart of the World: On the border of complete sanity
By Sandy Compton
Reader Contributor
I am sitting amidst the high sources of one of the wildest, most beautiful streams Iíve ever seen; in one of the wild hearts of …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Contributor
I am sitting amidst the high sources of one of the wildest, most beautiful streams Iíve ever seen; in one of the wild hearts of …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Contributor
Sandpoint, the nominal capitol of the vague state of Montaho, was VERY busy last weekend. Hundreds of folks from as far away as Athol — …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Around 150 people turned out to attend the Scotchman Peaks proposed wilderness informational meeting at the Clark Fork Junior/Senior High School on Wednesday night.
The …
By Mary Haley
Reader Book Reviewer
I review children’s and young adult books, so when Sandy Compton lent me his new Archer MacClehan book, the second in the series, I …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Someone has written with black spray paint on a retaining wall beside the Highway 200 railroad overpass at the west end of Hope, “TRUMP! SAVE …
Dear Editor,
Just before Christmas 2015, years of work and thousands of hours of individual effort by people from all walks of life in northwest Montana came to fruition when …
By Reader Staff
The proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness is a beautiful place. Its presence on the northeast edge of Lake Pend Oreille has attracted the attention of artists for decades. …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Contributor
For three quarters of a mile upstream from where the South Fork of Ross Creek enters the Middle Fork in the proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Travel is always good. Almost. Crammed elbow to elbow, knee to spine in an Aeroflot jet over Siberia was a bit challenging, but still, the …
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