‘The idea of the challenge’
30 years of the Long Bridge Swim By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The 30th annual Long Bridge Swim went off without a hitch on Aug. 2, when nearly 840 swimmers tested their endurance, speed and...
Author: Ben Olson
Officials report 10% containment on Lightning Creek fire
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Though the Lightning Creek fire nine miles north of Clark Fork has continued to grow at a moderate pace, officials with the U.S. Forest Service reported Aug. 13 that the...
Council to bring FY’26 budget for public hearing, set ballot language on wastewater plant bond
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The Sandpoint City Council is cued up for an especially consequential meeting Wednesday, Aug. 20, which will include the final workshop and public hearing for the Fiscal Year 2026 budget...
City Hall opts to eliminate Sandpoint area of impact
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Members of the Sandpoint City Council voted unanimously Aug. 6 to eliminate the city’s area of impact. The decision followed a recommendation July 15 from the Planning and Zoning Commission,...
Area fire districts facing significant cuts in upcoming FY’26 budget
Selkirk Fire looking at possible layoffs, equipment sales, program reductions and more By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Selkirk Fire and EMS officials are preparing to review preliminary Fiscal Year 2026 budgets for the Northside, Sagle...
Legislative committee on land use and housing to meet in Sandpoint
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff An interim Idaho legislative committee looking at land use and housing will meet in Sandpoint on Thursday, Aug. 14 from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall...
Emily Articulated: Eight years here
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist Someone recently asked how long I’ve been writing for the Reader. I started to answer with something vague like, “quite a while,” but then I put a number to it...
Idaho Democrats stand with Texans to defend democracy
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor Sixty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. It was a promise: no citizen would be denied the right to vote because of race...
God help America
‘How stupid does this administration think we are?’ By Sylvia HumesReader Contributor OK, what does it take? For a long time I believed that many politicians had no respect for their constituents and, when...
Panida brings iconic sci-fi horror Alien to the big screen
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff It’s hard to overstate how influential Ridley Scott’s 1979 Alien has been to the sci-fi horror/action genres, or filmmaking in general. The “haunted house in space” thriller was unlike anything...
