Emily Articulated: Midwest nice
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist “Are you okay?” These were the last words of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse from a local VA hospital, before he was gunned down in the streets of Minneapolis...
Tagged: human rights
The miseducation of (half) a City Council
By Ammi MidstokkeReader Staff Like many of you, I sat through hours of testimony at the Nov. 19 meeting of the Sandpoint City Council. It was heartbreaking, exhausting, infuriating and embarrassing. At each claim...
The moment defined us
By Ben OlsonReader Staff History gives us moments; crossroads in the timeline of our lives that force a direction one way or another. The decisions we make when presented with these moments define our...
Sandpoint City Council votes to amend non-discrimination ordinance
Decision comes after multiple tie votes broken by Mayor Jeremy Grimm By Zach HagadoneReader Staff After more than four hours of public testimony and deliberation — and a series of tie votes, all broken...
‘Protect our women and girls’
Transphobia is deadly to people and communities By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff On Nov. 19, the Sandpoint City Council and county residents took the future of human rights in our city into their hands. The...
Democrat Terri Pickens announces bid for Idaho governor’s office
By Reader Staff Though the 2026 election is about a year away, Boise lawyer and small business owner Terri Pickens announced Nov. 10 that she would seek the office of Idaho governor. Running as...
Sandpoint City Hall to consider amendment to non-discrimination ordinance
Move comes amid furor over transgender individual’s use of YMCA locker room By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Sandpoint City Council members convened in a special meeting Nov. 12 to address the municipality’s longstanding non-discrimination ordinance,...
What now?
We need people who will work for peace and goodwill, without division By Mark ReinerReader Contributor Every paper, including this one, is running one or more articles concerning the split between the right and...
‘Sandpoint is better than its panic’
By Anna BallardReader Contributor I’ve always believed that decency could stand on its own. But lately I’ve been realizing that even decency needs defenders. When we stay quiet, fear fills the space we leave...
Doctors left Idaho after abortion ban, study confirms
By Kyle PfannenstielIdaho Capital Sun Idaho lost more than a third of its practicing obstetrician doctors after the state’s near-total abortion ban took effect, a new study published in a peer-reviewed academic journal confirms....
