Emboldened haters not welcome
By Nishelle Gonzales Reader Contributor Owning a handyman and contracting company has been a great way to interact and learn about our diverse local community. We get to assist everyone from elderly folks who...
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Schweitzer announces Phase 1 of worker housing project
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff When Schweitzer announced its Hemlock House employee housing project in Sandpoint last December, mountain officials hinted that there were “bigger projects” in the works. That turns out to have...
Happy camper
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Imagine a place where the coronavirus doesn’t really exist. Where the petty squabbling on social media is just a silly memory. Where there are no armed protesters or conspiracy...
Emily Articulated: We are not your refuge
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist We are a little town with a big lake and rolling mountains. Our downtown streets have funny one-ways, but not as funny as the one-ways of years ago, I...
Tapping into the root
By Ben Olson Reader Staff As the cold nights swallow shorter and shorter days, chimneys begin to emit those comforting puffs of smoke from winter fires within. It’s wood-burning season — the time to...
PO County blanket rezone denied
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Board of County Commissioners in Pend Oreille County, Wash., denied a Comprehensive Plan amendment Dec. 9 that would have expanded uses on parcels zoned as public lands, ultimately...
Unpacking the 2019 Bonner County budget
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff In a budget workshop on Aug. 8, county clerk Mike Rosedale laid out the greatest point of contention during this budget season: to take forgone taxes, or to not...
The Sandpoint Eater: Simple joys of summer
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist Last week I knocked the top of McKinnick Trail off my bucket list. Though I started not long after sunrise, and I was well prepared with water and...
Stand-off at Ruby Ridge: 25 Years Later (Part One)
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Editor’s Note: In the early morning of Aug. 21, 1992, six U.S. Deputy Marshals moved onto a steep, mountainous piece of property off of Ruby Creek Road near Naples,...
Rep. Scott reinstated to committee assignments
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff District 1 Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, was restored to her committee assignments Wednesday morning after a punitive four-week suspension. The North Idaho lawmaker, who began her sophomore term this...
