‘This isn’t the way we do business here’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A few months after Florida-based investor Jim Gissy purchased the Cedar Street Bridge in late 2018, it was hailed as “a new golden age” for the iconic retail space...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
Dads, motorcycles, golf and beer
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Father’s Day is Sunday, so I thought I’d cover a few topics that the dads out there might enjoy; motorcycles, golf and beer. I rode my first motorcycle in...
Intentional listening
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There are loads of venues regularly hosting live music in Sandpoint, but one element of the scene that always seems to be lacking is a “listening room” — where...
Panida to host four films in honor of Pride Month
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff In honor of Pride Month, the Panida Theater is screening four films featuring LGBTQ+ characters and themes. Made possible through a grant from the Bonner County Human Rights Task...
A Western with range
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff In one of the trailers for Emelie Mahdavian’s 2021 documentary Bitterbrush, Hollyn Patterson works with a colt as her fellow range rider, Colie Moline, watches, perched on sun-bleached wood...
Run, don’t walk, to check out the 45th ArtWalk
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Like many artists, Dan Carpenter’s creative journey has been lifelong. “I think I started drawing before I could write,” he told the Reader. Carpenter, who is being honored as...
Two wheels for a cause
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Hailed as one of the finest charity rides in the country, the annual CHAFE 150 Gran Fondo bicycle ride organized by the Sandpoint Rotary Club is our community at...
Happy birthday, Sgt. Pepper
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff When Janice Simeone adopted a barn cat from a neighbor in 1996, she also became the owner of that cat’s four kittens. More incredible than the unexpected adoption of...
‘We have met the enemy and he is us’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Remember back in June 2020 when armed militia-types patrolled our downtown to protect us from “vans of Antifa” that were coming from out of the area to burn down...
Mad About Science: Wild ocean facts
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist If you suffer from thalassophobia — a fear of large bodies of water and what could lurk below — now is a great time to turn the page. Otherwise,...
