By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When it comes to the Wildcrafters, the band’s name couldn’t be more accurate. Hilary Petterson and her sister Chloey Davis crossed paths with future bandmate Josh Walters thanks to...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff This is the fifth and final installment of a series exploring the origins of where we got some of our placenames from. Last week, we covered Travers Park, Dufort,...
By Tim Bearly Reader Contributor Alas, this is the mind-numbing monotony of everyday life: the alarm beside your bed rings, you hit the snooze button, wake up again, go to work, clock in, take...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Of all Sandpoint’s famous residents, Ben Stein might just be the most prolific around town. The speech writer, lawyer, actor, author and part-time Sandpoint local is a common summertime...
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Columnist Don’t get me wrong, I love Brené Brown just as much as the next self-actualizing woman, but I’d like to know how many yoga classes, trauma retreats, hours of...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff In the mid-1950s, a 7-year-old Gary Buck witnessed an act of compassion that stuck with him all his life. His father, a truck driver that had lived in Sandpoint...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Laurie Clauson is in the middle of walking across the United States. With her she carries a modest pack containing water, snacks, rain gear, a fold-up stool and a...
By Charles Mortensen Reader Contributor After nearly a decade of dreaming, trails are coming to Pine Street Woods, and they’re coming quickly. Kaniksu Land Trust, which purchased the 160 acres of woods following a...
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor Sandpoint is growing. The population grew 5.1% in 2017, far above the 1.2% annual average. We are seeing development throughout the city in residential and commercial. This is...
By Lorraine H. Marie Reader Columnist East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling: Facial recognition technology, being adopted by law enforcement, “has a racial...
