Reader cover from March 18, 2010.
The original Sandpoint Reader was launched in 2004 by Zach Hagadone, John Reuter, Chris DeCleur and contributing writer Ben Olson. An alternative weekly started on a shoe-string budget, fueled by a passion for journalism and community, the Reader published with integrity, edge and heart until 2012 when the trio departed for other adventures.
In early 2015, after a two-year hiatus, the Reader came back to life with Ben Olson as publisher and Cameron Rasmusson as editor. The first issue of the newly relaunched Reader hit the street January 22, 2015, and now publishes every Thursday morning. Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey worked as a reporter from 2017-2023 and currently serves as the Reader’s bookkeeper. Original owner and editor Zach Hagadone rejoined the Reader staff in July 2019. Senior Writer Soncirey Mitchell joined the Reader in 2023 after Kiebert-Carey left to have her first child.
The Reader is owned by Publisher Ben Olson and, in 2026, Hagadone and Mitchell were invited to become co-owners, making the paper locally owned and operated by people who were born and raised here in Sandpoint.
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