By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The recent — and ongoing — debate about whether to open public lands for expanded resource extraction and/or development has raised awareness among many for how special and valuable those...
By Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint summer concert series returns for its 42nd year. While much remains the same since the first notes rang from the stage in 1983, there are a lot...
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff I hold my dog, Peggy, in my dreams. She passed away suddenly in June after 15 years on this Earth. I was lucky enough to spend 12 of those years...
A rundown of the first five Festival shows of the year By Reader Staff Since 1983, the Festival at Sandpoint has filled the air with music this time of year. Here’s a rundown of...
Higher fees intended to make ‘growth pay for growth’ By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The cost of both residential and non-residential development in Sandpoint is going to get more expensive, after the Sandpoint City Council...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The city of Ponderay will host an open house and public hearing Thursday, July 24 focused on its updated Comprehensive Plan. Bringing together consultants, Planning Commission members and city staff,...
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Karli Fairbanks has led many lives over the years. The Spokanite began her career steeped in folk songs that cut deep and hard, playing at venues like The Empyrean that...
By Reader Staff Back in the 1920s, community picnics were the highlight of summer in Bonner County. On Sunday afternoons, after a long week of work, neighbors would catch up and play games, and...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Among the many constants in Wes Anderson’s movies is that they reward repeat viewings. Anderson loads every scene and interaction with so many visual and aural details that screenings often...
By Reader Staff Beyond its role as a pollinator and sustaining the ecosystem, the monarch butterfly is also the Idaho state insect. Joining bats, birds and other small creatures, butterflies and fellow pollinators are...
