Breaks in memory
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff It was one of those mornings when you wake up way too early for some reason, and lay there thinking about things that you never have time to think about...
Tagged: personal history
From the first piece of steel to the last
Local man Frank Wakeley recounts helping to build the World Trade Center towers By Ben OlsonReader Staff Frank Wakeley has a claim to fame that few — if any — can equal: the longtime...
A Few Thoughts… On five days in sandals
By Sandy ComptonReader Columnist A shower of sand fell from my pack as I emptied it today. The stuff is whiteish, with gray and tan highlights. In my mind, there’s a big mystery about...
The world according to Doug
Beloved longtime Eichardt’s bartender Doug Clark hits the road By Ben OlsonReader Staff There’s just something special about Eichardt’s Pub. The unpretentious local eatery and watering hole is Sandpoint’s closest embodiment to the European...
Visiting Peggy
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff I hold my dog, Peggy, in my dreams. She passed away suddenly in June after 15 years on this Earth. I was lucky enough to spend 12 of those years...
Festival Memories
Ben, Zach and Soncirey reminisce about the Festival at Sandpoint ‘The best bar in town’By Zach Hagadone I wrote about a few of my Festival at Sandpoint memories in 2020 — in the onset...
A Few Thoughts… On writing for free
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist After 61 days away traveling the West — with 10 days on Maui thrown into the middle — it’s good to be home. I drove 7,434.8 miles, took way...
‘That’s just Mom’
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Contributor Many mothers will receive cards and novelty coffee mugs this May dubbing them “#1 Mom,” but only one Sandpoint woman could ever boast the titles of both Idaho Mother...
‘Slow down and pay attention’
By Rich Holub Reader Contributor My friend Bob was killed on Highway 95 yesterday [April 14]. Crushed, torn apart, burned. His passenger, a young man, was life-flighted to Spokane in critical condition. Others went...
New owners, same local vibes
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Anyone who has called Sandpoint home for more than a minute has heard of Misty Mountain Furniture. The boutique furniture shop has handcrafted fine art interiors in town since...
