Category: Personal history

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April 12, 2025

From cover to cover

By Ben Olson
Reader Staff

You can’t judge a book by its cover, but you can certainly judge a good bookstore by its owner. Since 1997, Sandpoint has been fortunate …

Emily Articulated / Emily Erickson / Memories / Opinion / Personal history / Pets & Animals / Politics

April 9, 2025

Emily Articulated: Growing up

By Emily Erickson
Reader Staff

One of the first things I did after moving to Sandpoint was enter a writing contest. I was pulled to the library by a flyer …

Arts & Culture / Eats & Drinks / Featured / History / Marcia Pilgeram / Memories / Personal history / Sandpoint Eater / Travel

April 7, 2025

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 …

Ben Olson / Business / Featured / News / News in Brief / Personal history

April 2, 2025

Streets Supervisor Chet Jackman retires

By Ben Olson
Reader Staff

After nearly 25 years of keeping Sandpoint’s roads clear, patched and safe, Streets Supervisor Chet Jackman is hanging up his safety vest. Jackman’s leadership and …

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March 29, 2025

Free nerd

By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff

It’s no secret that I’m a nerd. I’ve waxed poetic about The Lord of the Rings and Star Trek enough in these pages for the …

Arts & Culture / Back of the Book / Ben Olson / Books / Memories / Opinion / Personal history / Politics / Zach Hagadone

March 19, 2025

‘Hey, Rube’

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 …

A few thoughts... / Back of the Book / Opinion / Personal history / Politics / Sandy Compton / Travel

March 12, 2025

A Few Thoughts… On what we have now

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. …

Conservation Corner / Health / History / Memories / Opening Hearts and Minds / Opinion / Personal history / Sports and Outdoors

February 26, 2025

Beyond politics

By Pat Hart
Reader Contributor

I am retired. I worked for the U.S. Forest Service for 46 years, all of it in Boundary County, Idaho. I am not acting as …

Ben Olson / Memories / Personal history / Profile

February 5, 2025

Travis Robert Dickson, 45

Trav was born on May 21, 1979, in Santa Maria, Calif. He was happy-go-lucky; quick to smile; inquisitive; and lived his life with a focus on family, friends, and a …