The future of kindness
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Tuesday was a good day for kindness. Lenny Hess, owner of 7BTV in Sandpoint, presented representatives from local nonprofit Underground Kindness with a check for $500 to further their...
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An interview with: Gavin DeGraw
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Since the release of his debut album “Chariot” in 2003, Gavin DeGraw has become a household name in the singer-songwriter genre and in the realm of chart-topping hits. DeGraw’s...
POAC’s Arts & Crafts Fair coming to downtown
By Reader Staff Come watch the city center transformed by a myriad of tents housing the works of the most talented crafters and artisans. Pend Oreille Arts Council presents the 46th Annual Arts and...
‘Little sprouts everywhere’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Cynthia Mason has been teaching in Sandpoint for more than two decades, and teaching in general since the ‘70s. After this coming school year, she’ll retire in order to...
Farmers … in the mall?
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Bonner Mall in Ponderay is known for a few things. The DMV line is almost always out the door, JC Penney is the centerpiece and the movie theater...
Lost in a world of red and green
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist As I read about the fires raging across the western states, I’m reminded of my three years on “hot shot” crews in the late 1960s. One June day on...
Triple digit temps expected
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The National Weather Service released a heat advisory for the panhandle into the weekend, with triple digit temperatures and higher-than-normal humidity expected. “Very hot” temperatures are expected through Friday,...
Historic Brown House demolished
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Brown House – the former home of Jim and Jean Brown, who once owned Schweitzer Mountain Resort and substantial land holdings in Bonner County – was demolished Wednesday...
A conversation with Sen. Jim Risch
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff It’s been a tumultuous year and a half since U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R) sat down with the Reader shortly before the inauguration of President Donald Trump. He dropped...
Kramer enshrined in Hall of Fame
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff In a honor described as long overdue, Sandpoint native Jerry Kramer was inducted last week into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. With a Green Bay Packers career that...
