The flag flap is stupid
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
According to most sources, the first flag — as we would recognize it today — was hoisted somewhere in either what we call the Indian …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
According to most sources, the first flag — as we would recognize it today — was hoisted somewhere in either what we call the Indian …
By Lauren Necochea
Reader Contributor
State revenue funds the building blocks of a strong economy and protects our quality of life. Public schools and career training prepare the next generation. …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When I was a cub reporter at the Associated Press, stationed in the bowels of the pre-renovation Idaho Capitol, circa 2003, we had a CRT …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
My last column prompted interesting letters to the editor, some of which weren’t printed because the writers didn’t wish to be in the public eye. …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Here’s a little tale about a man named Dan. Dan David Foreman III, born Sept. 20, 1953 in the mid-sized town of Lake Forest, Ill. …
By Ernie Schoeffel
Reader Contributor
I am shocked, to say the least, that Priest River alums would vote against the upcoming West Bonner County School District levy. In one recent …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Last weekend, all three full-time members of the Sandpoint Reader editorial staff road-tripped to Boise for the annual Idaho Press Club awards banquet, or “Nerd …
By Mike Wagoner
Reader Contributor
I saw a movie at the old drive-in theater in my hometown when I was in high school… sittin’ in my tired ’54 Chevy… speaker …
By Luke Omodt, Bonner County Commissioner Dist. 3
Reader Contributor
Money doesn’t grow on trees or empty fields. There are two ways local governments generate revenue: taxes or fees for …
By Commissioner Luke Omodt, Dist. 3
Reader Contributor
The first Bonner County Fair was held in 1927 at the original fairgrounds at War Memorial Park. Twenty communities were represented, and …
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