Tagged: opinion

Two years of COVID

By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff

Two years ago on this day I was out of a job — and, for the first time in my job-hopping life, it was involuntary. …

Short-term gains for long-term losses

By Ben Olson
Reader Staff

One of my favorite times to walk around downtown Sandpoint is “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning,” as Frank Sinatra put it. All …

How the magic ended

By Kristina Kingsland
Reader Contributor

Once upon a time there was a magical land called Bonner County. It had majestic mountain ranges with thousands upon thousands of acres of public …

Solace in Sandpoint

By Sophie Poldermans
Special to the Reader

My brain foggy from lack of sleep, jet lagged, mixed with a jolt of excitement and curiosity, I stared out the window of …

Pop punk and profits

By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff

Like most people who can vaguely be categorized as millennials, I did a double-take when I saw the poster advertising When We Were Young Festival …

The darkest day, one year later

By Ben Olson
Reader Staff

Some dark deeds in American history will forever be associated with when they took place: Dec. 7, 1941; Nov. 22, 1963; Sept. 11, 2001. A …

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