Mad about Science: Hidden engineering – nuclear reactors
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
There’s a lot of work that goes into designing and building a nuclear power plant. It’s a relatively clean source of energy, when compared to …
Category: History
Keeping the story going
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When choosing a theme for the annual Funky Junk Antique and Craft Festival, founder and organizer Jennifer Wood often lands on a topic that celebrates …
Finding the magic in learning
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
A yearslong fundraising process will come to a close for the Selkirk School on Saturday, April 26, with a special dinner and auction from 5-9 …
Mad about Science: Food preservation
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
This week’s subject was a suggestion by Steve Sanchez. Thanks, Steve!
As any connoisseur of gas station sushi is aware, food preservation is important. We …
Erasing history is a betrayal of future generations
By Liam FitzGerald
Reader Contributor
“The truth will set you free.”
— John 8:32
On March 27, President Donald Trump issued an executive order, which, according to the White House, …
Big talk
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
One of the unexpected benefits of living through what may be the wholesale collapse of the United States’ civil, political and economic life is that …
Mad about Science: Sewage and fluid dynamics
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
I was frequently lectured in elementary school for my bathroom humor.
“No one is supposed to think about poop!” I was often told.
It turns …
The Sandpoint Eater: Our days with Da
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
She’s back… and just in time to celebrate a new decade. It’s a milestone birthday for me, and I’ve already been shown so much love …
Do you believe in the Constitution?
By Timothy Braatz
Reader Staff
The U.S. Constitution, written in 1787, is a brief instructional manual, sketching out a federal government, what it can and cannot do — a barebones …
The Sandpoint Eater: Good morning, Vietnam
By Marcia Pilgeram
Reader Columnist
Good morning, Vietnam! Good morning, Sandpoint, from Southeast Asia’s faraway and exotic setting, where I’m aboard a river boat cruising on the Mekong Delta from …
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Live Music, the Summer Sampler, the Art Party, Monarch Grind, the Sandpoint Renaissance Faire, and more! See the full list of events in the 