Emily Articulated: A column by and about Millennials
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist I don’t know exactly when in my childhood I was introduced to the concept of a “tomboy,” but I can remember an “after” in which I decided it was...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
Crews continue fighting area blazes, with Ridge Creek, Buckskin 2 fires at 15% contained
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Fire bosses provided an update on the Ridge Creek blaze Aug. 16, burning on 3,124 acres 3.5 miles northeast of Hayden Lake in Kootenai County, noting that high temperatures...
Inaugural women’s symposium
A crowd of about 100 people turned out for the inaugural Womens’ Symposium held Aug. 16 at the Heartwood Center in Sandpoint. The event was billed as an evening to “learn the history and...
Sandpoint City Council approves $52.9M budget
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Members of the Sandpoint City Council voted unanimously at their regular Aug. 16 meeting to approve a fiscal year 2024 budget of $52,974,269 — an aincrease of about $3.3...
Longtime BGH CEO Sheryl Rickard will retire at end of the year
By Reader Staff After 36 years with Bonner General Health, CEO Sheryl Rickard will be retiring at the end of 2023, capping a career that began in 1986 as accounting supervisor for the hospital....
Final team advances to Phase 3 of downtown waterfront design competition
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff One day after a panel of judges heard presentations from the three teams in Phase 2 of the city’s downtown waterfront design competition, the Sandpoint City Council voted unanimously...
POAC’s Arts and Crafts Fair to feature more than 120 artisans
By Kathy Hubbard Reader Contributor People who were children when the Arts and Crafts Fair started at City Beach are now bringing their grandchildren to the bigger and better fair in downtown Sandpoint, 51...
Meet conductor Shira Samuels-Shragg at P.O. Winery’s next sip-and-shop event
By Reader Staff The Music Conservatory of Sandpoint has hosted international and guest conductors since 2012 as part of its annual Music Matters! Summer Academy Youth Orchestra and Music Without Borders initiative. This...
The Sandpoint Eater
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Every Monday, since Oct. 5, 2009, the calendar on my phone has reminded me to “take care of Uncle Jimmy.” And I finally did. Uncle Jimmy was my mother...
Turning back the clock with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff One thing that can be said in favor of Hollywood’s addictive cycle of prequels, sequels and reboots is that I’ve been able to replay many of my favorite cinematic...
