Backpacking the Balkans, part I
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There are times in life when the ruts grow too deep around us. Some might settle in and come to love the growing walls around them. When I reach...
Author: Ben Olson
Festival at Sandpoint adds Community Night to lineup
By Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint announced a new show to its lineup that’s all about local music. Community Night features bands from around the region playing on the iconic Festival stage for...
‘The greatest show of my life’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff For Steve Poltz, every show seems to be the greatest show of his life. The Nova Scotia-born troubadour has quietly emerged as a live phenomenon on the North American...
Free laughs at IPA
By Reader Staff After years of gigging as a musician, Grant Winkels finally convinced himself that he was funny. The Minneapolis-based stand-up comic will try to convince Sandpoint of the same at a free...
Culvert failure closes N. Boyer at Sand Creek
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The city of Sandpoint closed North Boyer Road at the Sand Creek crossing due to structural concerns over a large culvert beneath the roadway, according to a June 11...
Jennifer Meyer sentenced to 15 years for second-degree arson in 2024 Army Surplus fire
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Two months after Sandpoint resident Jennifer S. Meyer amended her plea to guilty of second degree arson in the July 4, 2024 fire that destroyed the Army Surplus store...
Sandpoint ‘No Kings’ demonstration draws estimated 1,000 protesters
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint joined more than 2,100 communities that drew an estimated 5 million people to the streets nationwide to demonstrate against President Donald Trump’s administration on June 14 for “No...
BOCC asks Sandpoint, Dover, Kootenai, East Hope to redraw area of impact maps
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners held a special meeting June 16 to consider seven new area of impact map proposals for the cities of Sandpoint, Dover, Kootenai, Ponderay,...
Officials celebrate groundbreaking of new Career Technical Ed Center
Dozens of community members — including officials with Lake Pend Oreille School District — gathered June 9 at Sandpoint High School to break ground on the Career Technical Education Center of North Idaho. The center...
Emily Articulated: Hard things
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist I’m at the precipice of a hard thing, in pursuit of a harder thing — both of which, in comparison to most other parts of life, are inconsequential things....
