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. …
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2025 year in preview
By Reader Staff
Even if you’ve never read any of the works of 19th-century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, you’ve probably heard someone repeat his famous line: “A pessimist is an …
Mad about Science: The radioactive ‘wild boar paradox’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
By now, pretty much everyone should be at least familiar with the disaster that befell the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986, when …
From pain to poetry
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Poets are students of humanity. It’s the poet’s job to witness the horrifying, gorgeous, nonsensical world and condense it, wrap it in metaphor and deliver …
Series of local vigils planned for peace in Ukraine
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Between 30 and 35 area residents gathered April 10 along Highway 2 for a peace vigil centered on the conflict in Ukraine, which Russian troops …
Sandpoint residents gather to support Ukraine
By Brenda Hammond
Reader Contributor
Inspired and following the leadership of Grace Rookey, a Sandpoint High School sophomore, 70 people gathered March 6 for a peaceful event along the bike …
Emily Articulated: Spirals
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
Living in the world of late feels like being strapped into a roller coaster with only a few boards in front of the ride visible, …
A few thoughts … On Vladimir Putin and Ukraine
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
“There are men in the world who derive as stern an exaltation from the proximity of disaster and ruin, as others from success.” —Winston Churchill…
A history of conflict
By Christine Holbert
Reader Contributor
I recently spent six weeks in Ukraine, visiting family, traveling and promoting the new Lost Horse Press Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry Series at the Lviv Book …
POAC presents: DakhaBrakha
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Every once in awhile, I’ll hear someone say, “I wish we had some different types of cultural music come through Sandpoint.”
For Pend Oreille Arts …
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 