By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The uproar over the James E. Russell Sports Center at Travers Park took another dramatic turn at the Oct. 18 regular meeting of the Sandpoint City Council, when Mayor...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff My old Montessori school once stood imposingly tall — for a toddler — between the Sandpoint Charter School and the roaring traffic of U.S. Highway 2. I remember it...
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist It was, perhaps, not my finest moment. I might have treated one Sandpoint land baron as a proxy for them all. I might have been unkind and unfair....
By Hannah Combs Reader Contributor My first spring in Sandpoint, I visited a friend at her cabin and she wouldn’t let me leave without a visit to “the big tree.” The property behind her...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Members of a local Christmas tree association are concerned after finding several trees marked with ribbon that are part of an active research project at the University of Idaho...
By Cate Huisman Reader Contributor The majority of the denizens who enjoy walking or cycling across the old Long Bridge have no idea how precarious its existence is. It’s not that it’s about to...
By Dan Eskelson Reader Columnist A properly designed windbreak has a profound effect on the physical and economic well-being of both humans and animals. Research has shown that heating costs can be reduced by...
By Dan Eskelson Reader Columnist A recent news story brought to light some very interesting studies conducted in metropolitan areas about the benefits of trees. The incidence of violence at large housing projects was...
