By Ben Olson and Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Scoundrels, knaves and thespians alike, gather ye to the Bonner County Fairgrounds Sunday, Aug. 19 for a free performance of William Shakespeare’s “Othello.” The show is produced...
Sylvia Humes Reader Contributor With over 20,000 additional trucks and over 15,000 additional train cars moving through our communities every year, we recognize that the collective impacts of the proposed Newport silicon metals smelter...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff It’s been 13 years since Laughing Dog Brewing got its start in a garage, and since then the happy canine face that graces the company’s cans has seen substantial...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist If you’ve made it this far and didn’t scoff at the title, welcome to the present! After last week’s antics we know the basics of how AI works. You...
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Joe is a patron at the bar I regularly tend. He is an 87-year-old Italian man, who, at full standing height, reaches just above my shoulders. He orders a...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff NAMI Far North Board Member Kim Kempton is hiking 70 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail starting Aug. 18 and is accepting monetary pledges for each mile to support...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Over the summer, the Idaho Republican and Democratic parties went to work on their platforms. What emerged were revised documents that both, in their own way, reflect evolving partisan...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The Sandpoint City Council approved a budget Wednesday night with total expenditures amounting to $44,538,939. The final budget is the result of months of work, with additional fine-tuning in...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The 2019 Bonner County budget was finalized last week, boasting increased salaries in several departments and introducing a 3-percent tax increase. Going into effect this October, the budget features...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff With phase one complete, Ting is rolling out construction for its phase-two network construction targeting southern Sandpoint. While phase one covered neighborhoods between Fifth and Division avenues, phase two...
