Billionaires: heroes or zeroes?
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Billionaires only began to exist around a century ago, starting with “oil magnate” John D. Rockefeller in 1916. Today there are around 2,500 billionaires, and they still skim the...
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Brian Casey: An everyday local hero
By Jodi Rawson Reader Staff Though we have both lived in Sandpoint over a decade, I just met Brian Casey last year. I adore him. Just being around him, I find that I can...
Lithium is saving my life
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor “Lithium saved my life,” I keep reading in testimonies, but sadly some of the people who have been prescribed lithium to help curb their suicidal or manic tendencies decades...
A Conversation with Perky Hagadone
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Perky Hagadone is celebrating her 40th year in Sandpoint. Since 1978, she’s raised two sons, started a career with the school district, earned two master’s degrees, was hired as...
Sandpoint local talks about the ‘Hub’ and pioneering in North Idaho
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Amanda Ott serves coffee at Evans Brothers and has been serving in Sandpoint on and off the last decade, which was how I connected with her. She moved to...
Riding for MS
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Meeting Jeff Brath at Evans was a treat because neither one of us was in a hurry. Brath calls New Jersey home half the year, working in carpentry, dabbling...
Artist Spotlight: Jeff Dunwoody
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Jeff Dunwoody is a celebrated local artist gifted in mediums ranging from painting and drawing to building with wood and metal. But his upcoming show coinciding with the Artwalk...
Reed siblings featured in Spring Concert
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor On the weekends the Reeds go out busking. They play long, haunting memorized solos, fast duets and familiar pop songs. With cash in their cases, they are professionals. During...
Q & A with Sandpoint Middle School principal Casey McLaughlin
By Jodi Rawson Reader Staff My seventh-grade daughter says her principal is very well loved and greets everyone by their first name (even though the Sandpoint Middle School population is at full capacity). A...
Benching: The art of waiting on a train
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor “Benching,” according to one Urban Dictionary definition, is “the time spent photographing or watching graffiti on trains.” “Wild Style” is often the type of art on trains, and one...
