Nazis and nonviolence
By Timothy Braatz
Reader Contributor
In 1939, Nazi officials established gas chambers and began murdering tens of thousands of German citizens they considered “unfit.” The victims of the so-called “T-4” …
Tagged: history
Farewell to Helen Newton, the definition of an authentic Sandpoint ‘local’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
One of Sandpoint’s truest champions passed away on April 25 — Helen Newton, aged 83, left us but she won’t be forgotten for her wit, …
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 …
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 …
Anti-fascist films that hit just right
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Publisher’s note: This article contains spoilers.
Perhaps it was Elon Musk’s Hitler salute at President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Maybe it’s the endless waves of authoritarian …
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. …
Jimmy Carter and Cecil Andrus exemplified public service
By Helen Newton
Reader Contributor
It was in October 1976, before he was elected, that I met Jimmy Carter. Well, to be fair, I didn’t actually “meet” him; but, in …
Con artists, armed Boy Scouts and Santa Claus
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Nobody knows who wrote the first letter to Santa Claus, but the practice didn’t catch on in mainstream America until a con artist named John …
Tribal artifacts uncovered during McArthur Lake project could rewrite history
By Reader Staff
What started as a highway construction project in Boundary County has resulted in archaeological findings that have the potential to rewrite the earliest history of human habitation …
A Few Thoughts… On wilderness and what it really means
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Fall is falling. Sunday morning, it becomes official. I will — hopefully — be in a spot that cares nothing for the arbitrary Gregorian calendar, …
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 