Emily Articulated: Open road
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I hit scan on the radio, searching for anything other than static, until a familiar song broke through the cracks and pops: “… all the …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I hit scan on the radio, searching for anything other than static, until a familiar song broke through the cracks and pops: “… all the …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Human beings spend a lot of time caring for their young. As a species, we officially consider our children to become adults at 18 years …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I never used to understand why everyone talked about the weather. Throughout my childhood and adolescence, quippy weather observation was the small talk go-to ahead …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Recently, upon a Christmas tidings visit to the Reader office, Publisher Ben Olson asked me a perfectly polite and simple question. It was something along …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
I recently interviewed a young lady named Raye Johnson for a feature story this week (read “Raye of Hope,” Page 15). To put it lightly, …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
As I’m writing today, we are on the cusp of change (just as we are around every Election Day). Each voting cycle brings new ideas, …
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 …
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