To all the books I’ve loved before
By Ben Olson Reader Staff After Ötzi the Iceman was discovered frozen in the Eastern Italian Alps, scientists examined the contents of his stomach to learn what types of foods he ate 5,300 years...
Author: Ben Olson
Festival announces Trombone Shorty & Orleans with Big Boi for July 27 show
By Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint will welcome a towering icon of the blues with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue with Big Boi on Saturday, July 27. Tickets go on sale Friday, March...
Kaniksu Community Health welcomes Joseph Wassif as director of psychiatry
By Reader Staff Kaniksu Community Health recently announced that Joseph Wassif will serve as director of psychiatry, leading the development of its Psychiatry Department, which is part of KCH’s Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic...
Help the Panida celebrate its first 100 years
By Jim Healey Reader Contributor The Panida Theater will celebrate its first 100 years in 2027 and — in honor of the auspicious anniversary — the Panida Centennial Celebration Committee has been busy creating...
GOP needs to uphold the integrity of electoral process
By Dan Gookin Reader Contributor Data is important. Especially in the realm of Idaho politics, where fear and innuendo dominate the landscape. A case in point is found in the recent release of the...
Emily Articulated: Coffee (shop) filters
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist I had a thought the other day, and it was something along the lines of, “Do I even like the clothes I pick out for myself? I feel like...
City of Ponderay Planning Commission to hold public hearing on rezone
By Reader Staff The Ponderay Planning Commission will hold a public hearing Thursday, March 14 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Ponderay City Hall (288 Fourth St.), to consider a request by...
BOCC weekly business meeting overshadowed by flurry of legal filings
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Despite the deceptively ordinary agenda, the bulk of the Bonner County board of commissioners regular business meeting on Feb. 27 was devoted to arguing about freedom of speech and...
Sandpoint business owner files tort against city of Sandpoint
By Ben Olson Reader Staff A Sandpoint business owner has filed a tort claim against the city of Sandpoint five months after a police raid on her business has yet to result in criminal...
The Sandpoint Eater: All choked up
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist When my anti-train noise neighbors lobbied and won approval for a no-horn zone in Ponder Point, I sorely missed those long, warning whistles from the big, blue-liveried engines of...
