When the going gets weird…
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff When researchers of intellectual and social history someday assess “The Coronavirus Era,” the smart money is on them framing it as a period of mass self-assessment in the so-called...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
Festival at Sandpoint season passes can be donated to support 2020-2021 programs
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff With the news that the 38th Festival at Sandpoint summer concert series has been canceled due to disruptions and restrictions stemming from the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, event organizers...
It’s a bird, it’s a plane – full of puppies
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff A plane touched down at Felts Field in Spokane on May 12, carrying arguably the cutest and most valuable packages possible: puppies destined to become service dogs for Canine...
Happy camper
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Imagine a place where the coronavirus doesn’t really exist. Where the petty squabbling on social media is just a silly memory. Where there are no armed protesters or conspiracy...
The Frog, Fear and the Happiest People
By Chris White Reader Contributor Like an injected dye highlighting cancer in our body, this pandemic has revealed failures in our country— and ourselves. Two months ago, many were watching the darkening clouds of...
Blood donors still needed in North Idaho
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor In March, as COVID-19 began taking its toll on the United States, fears of contracting the virus kept the usual donors away from blood centers and blood drives. Vitalant,...
Sandpoint Teen Center reopens
By Reader Staff The Sandpoint Teen Center partially reopened Monday, May 11 with “at the door” contacts with area teens. The center, located at 221 S. Division St., will be open from 11 a.m.-1...
Questions and answers
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint Reader: What is the top challenge you see the state facing in the coming year? How might you face that challenge? Sage Dixon The top challenge facing...
Questions and answers: District 1-B representative candidate Gary Suppiger on the issues
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint Reader: What is the top challenge you see the state facing in the coming year? How might you face that challenge? Gary Suppiger: We are enduring the worst...
Failure to communicate:
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Working with the media is an integral part of being an elected official. At least it used to be. Now, with social media serving as an unchecked medium through...
