Author: Lyndsie Kiebert

From scratch, with love

By Ben Olson Reader Staff When my girlfriend’s parents rented a pontoon boat last week to show their friends the lake, the natural first stop for lunch and drinks was Loaf & Ladle at...

What’s new? pt. 4

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Editor’s Note: New businesses are springing up all over Sandpoint this summer, and here at the Reader, we’re making an effort to introduce them to the community. Are you...

Tick tock?

By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff As if the idea of a blood-sucking arachnid latching onto your tender flesh isn’t reason enough to shudder, ticks are getting more creative with the ick-inducing horrors they deliver....

Mayor’s Roundtable: 2020 budget

By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor In this month’s addition I’d like to share with you a few highlights of the city’s proposed budget for 2020. The budget is the culmination of several months...

What went wrong?

By Karen McGhee Special to the Reader “We need to end the government monopoly in education by transferring power from bureaucracies and unions to families.” This sentiment, expressed by Jeb Bush, 43rd governor of...

The Idaho Way? Seriously?

By Rep. Mat Erpelding Special to the Reader Have you ever heard an argument so riddled with bias and error that you don’t even know where to start with your rebuttal? That’s how I...

Bits ’n’ Pieces

By Lorraine H. Marie Reader Columnist East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling: A Congressional Budget Office report says a $15 an hour minimum...