YEAR IN REVIEW: 2023
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
We’ve been doing these retrospectives every year since 2020, and so far the ’20s have lived up to their reputation for being “roaring.” Just reading …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
We’ve been doing these retrospectives every year since 2020, and so far the ’20s have lived up to their reputation for being “roaring.” Just reading …
By Zach Hagadone and Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
A near-capacity crowd turned out Oct. 17 at the Sandpoint Community Hall for a candidates’ forum featuring office seekers in contested races …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint Police Chief Corey Coon went all in for the City Beach goose hunt at the Feb. 1 regular meeting of the Sandpoint City Council, …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
If you caught Mad About Science last week, you’re in luck. Most of what applies to baby chicks also applies to baby waterfowl. However, waterfowl …
By Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
In 2018, the Sandpoint City Council approved a plan — partnering and authorized with appropriate state and federal agencies — to capture and …
By Jane Fritz
Reader Contributor
On the September 22, 2011, front cover of the Reader is a colorful illustration of a future lakeside Sandpoint with a story written by then …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The fight to preserve local parks from the negative effects of Canadian geese is moving into its next phase.
Sandpoint Parks and Recreation Director Kim …
By Kestrel Bass
Reader Contributor
Two months ago our neighbor brought over three tiny Canadian geese goslings that had wandered out of the woods and onto her field. Unfortunately, there …
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