Sandpoint Fire Department:
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Earlier this year, Sandpoint Fire Department Captain Jake Hilton received an envelope in the mail postmarked from a town called Sikeston, Missouri. Inside, there was a photograph of...
Author: Ben Olson
Fire restrictions set for Bonner County
If you plan to visit local public lands during Independence Day Weekend, the Idaho Panhandle National Forests and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) suggest you “Know Before You Go.” Prior planning will ensure that...
Sandpoint Lions Club gearing up for the Fourth
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Like fireworks? Parades? Toys for tots? The annual Easter Egg hunt? Thank the Lions Club. The Sandpoint charter of the Lions Club has been helping the community of...
Schweitzer’s new Summit Lodge
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff If you’ve ever fancied having dinner with a full view of three states and two countries, you’re in luck—Schweitzer Mountain Resort announced Tuesday a long-anticipated summit lodge is...
Single in Sandpoint
By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist This weekend’s forecast: Approximately seven degrees cooler than hell, but with worse traffic. Plan accordingly. Get out on the water as soon as you can, find yourself a...
Moscow’s Christ Church, Neo-Confederates, and tolerance
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Many people have the misconception that those who take issue with Moscow pastor Douglas Wilson’s Christ Church, Logos School, and New St. Andrews College (NSA) are condemning their...
FSPW sees encouraging signs from Wash., D.C.
By Phil Hough
Reader Contributor
With a stack of resolutions and endorsements in hand, we (Phil Hough, Brad Smith and Kate McAlister) recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with the Idaho and Montana…
‘Live @ the Office’ with John Craigie
By Ben Olson Reader Staff We’ll be hosting John Craigie in the Sandpoint Reader office for our monthly “Live @ The Office” concert this Sunday, June 28 at 6 p.m. If you haven’t been...
Plight of the Holy Broke
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Kent Ueland knows a thing or two about loss. After fronting the popular and rising band the Terrible Buttons for five years, the band fell apart. Among the casualties...
The death of Jeannetta Riley
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff At around 9 p.m. almost a year ago, Shane Riley brought his wife, Jeanetta Riley, to Bonner General Health. Minutes later, she was dead, gunned down by Sandpoint...
