The year’s missing music
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff It was a weird year for music. With the typical hype of major releases downplayed or altogether postponed amid the pandemic, 2020 took on an under-the-radar feel in the...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
The Sandpoint Eater
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Staff Ever since my youngest, Casey, has had babies, my Christmas routine has been flying to Chicago, spending a week and then leaving Christmas morning on the earliest flight. I’d...
Sci-fi odyssey ‘The Midnight Sky’ screening at the Panida
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff George Clooney is back in the game after a four-year movie hiatus to play Augustine Lofthouse in The Midnight Sky, a post-apocalyptic space film that also features Clooney in...
Bringing the herd together
By Ben Olson Reader Staff If there’s one word that encapsulates the Carousel of Smiles restoration project for Reno Hutchison, it’s “magic.” Reno and her husband Clay have brought the restoration of this one-of-a-kind...
The year in re- and preview
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Yeesh. Where to begin? First of all, we’re quite aware that making predictions even in less tumultuous times is a fool’s practice. Yet, undaunted, that’s what we did last...
Mad About Science
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist When most people think of a camel, their mind drifts to the dromedary, a hulking beast of northern Africa with a trademark hump on its back and a legendary...
Legislative preview:
By Rep. Sage Dixon, R-Ponderay Special to the Reader With the advent of COVID-19 the standard thought process that most legislators use when preparing legislation was interrupted by the sudden realization that there were...
Legislative preview:
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle Special to the Reader The New Year is nearly upon us, which brings with it another legislative session here in Idaho. The Legislature will convene on Monday, Jan. 11,...
2020 was one hell of a year; here are some good things that happened
By Ben Olson Reader Staff During “normal” times, the last page of the calendar usually brings wistful looks back at the year that has passed and hopeful views of the year ahead. Let’s face...
When one door closes, another opens
By Reader Staff Local publisher Bonner Media recently announced its grand opening as Sandpoint’s downtown source for signs and decals following the closure of Mountain Sky Signs and Printing. The company offers indoor and...
