USFS comes out on top in Bog Creek Road lawsuit
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff A judge ruled in favor of the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol in a lawsuit June 4 filed by a number of environmental groups that...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
City seeking applicants for new Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation Commission
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Applications to serve on the newly created Sandpoint Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation Commission are being accepted through Friday, June 25, with an online form available at lf.sandpointidaho.gov/Forms/CommitteeApplication. The...
Register cars bought in Idaho online
By Reader Staff The Idaho Transportation Department’s Division of Motor Vehicles is adding another option to its online DMV services: Idahoans who have recently purchased a vehicle from a licensed Idaho dealership may now...
Carpenter sentenced in Ramey killing
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Judith M. Carpenter pled guilty to second-degree murder on May 25, putting an end to nearly two years of court proceedings since her 2019 arrest in connection to the...
COVID vaccines prove effective
By Reader Staff It’s been almost a month since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 — that is, two weeks post-second shot — can...
To sell or not to sell
By Ben Olson Reader Staff About 35 people attended the Panida Theater’s Town Hall meeting June 7, where board members took the temperature of the community regarding an idea to sell the adjacent Little...
Home away from home
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The 2020 film Minari, from South Korean writer/director Lee Isaac Chung, is a deft, affecting example of the notion that cultures are often best understood through the lens of...
This Open Window: Vol. 6 No. 4
Poetry and Prose by Local Writers Edited by Jim Mitsui Seven. p.m. and the Sun Has Set It is October 25th, 2018 I sit beside my mother’s bed and whisper in her ear...
Bits ‘n’ Pieces: June 3, 2021
By Lorraine H. Marie Reader Columnist East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling: British cyber security firm Comparitech discovered a massive bot farm that...
Workers needed for annual Hope Pioneer Cemetery cleanup
By Reader Staff For the past three years, a small group of dedicated citizens has gathered each spring to spruce up the Pioneer Cemetery — a small patch of gravestones overlooking Lake Pend Oreille...
