By Nick Gier Reader Columnist In 2011 British epidemiologists Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett released the second edition of their book “The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger.” It contained new evidence...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When A&P Bar and Grill Manager James Mize was brainstorming a way to close out summer 2018 with a bang, he decided a cornhole tournament would be the way...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Thanks to a collaboration between the city and Washington Elementary students, the beginning of the school day could get a whole lot safer. At the Sandpoint City Council meeting...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff An art project that could go as far as Jamaica and New York City is getting its start in Ponderay. Local man Don Frost is carving a giant redwood...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Summer might be drawing to a close, but there are still a few months left in the construction season before the snow flies. Perhaps the most conspicuous new project...
By Ben Olson and Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A series of racist robocalls made national news last week, each claiming to have been paid for by a video blog called The Road to Power,...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist I’ve just returned from an unexpected long weekend to Missoula, where I found little respite from the lingering, residual smoke of myriad fires. Sadly, we’ve had another season...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Mental illness is a struggle that millions face every day. That makes those who overcome their illness to achieve great things all the more inspirational. Andy Irons was one...
By A.C. Woolnough Reader Columnist The only thing you must remember when hiking and backpacking in the Cascade mountains of north central Washington is to put one foot in front of the other —about...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Chivalry isn’t dead. It’s alive and well at the Sandpoint Renaissance Faire. For the second year, the Faire takes place Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 1-2 at 784 Shingle Mill...
