Ponderay officials make case for 1% local option tax
By Reader Staff Ponderay’s first five-year local option sales tax — passed by just one vote in 2019 — is set to expire at the end of 2024 after having raised approximately $14.7 million...
Author: Ben Olson
County votes to curtail credit card usage
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners voted Oct. 29 to pare down the county’s 60 credit cards, which are spread out across multiple departments, with the eventual goal of...
‘Join the BOOBment’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The world could always use a little more Sideboob. The band featuring Katelyn and Laurie Shook, of Sandpoint’s own Shook Twins, is one part side project, one part ’90s...
A Few Thoughts…
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist “Stuff” can be translated to mean many things, but this is a family newspaper, so “stuff” is what we will call stuff. We’re all receiving stuff in the form...
An elk hunter’s circle of life
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Contributor In my brief time as a parent, I’ve come to know that the ultimate joy of raising a small person is sharing things with them. So far, this sharing...
Transportation Department unveils updated concept for U.S. 95 expansion project
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff About a year after gathering feedback and sharing several design concepts with the public in November 2023, the Idaho Transportation Department has unveiled a new preferred concept for a...
Tango Cafe prepares for new ownership, rebranding to Marigold Bistro
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Longtime Tango Cafe owner Judy Colegrove is preparing to hand over the keys to the eatery located in the atrium of the Sandpoint Center at 414 Church St., which...
‘At the absolute 11th hour… we risk renewing litigation after having years of it’
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The public flooded into the Oct. 15 Bonner County board of commissioners meeting to witness what could have been the final step in achieving the Camp Bay public easement,...
Mad about Science: Pumpkin spice
By Brenden Bobby Reader Staff Though Reader Editor Zach Hagadone has expressed an aversion to the phraseit’s that time of the year again, that’s what it is — including wood fires, cozy sweaters and...
The Penguin is a crime drama masterpiece that transcends its comic-book origins
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s been said by at least one critic at The Guardian that Colin Farrell should win “all the awards” for his remarkable performance as Oswald (a.k.a. “Oz,” a.k.a. “The...
