A belated Easter message
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Easter was late this year, and the date changes every year according to an astronomical calculation. After much controversy in the early church, it was finally decided that Easter...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
Repair mission restores Sandpoint osprey cam
By Reader Staff The osprey pair at Sandpoint’s Memorial Field, dubbed “Sandy and Pete,” have returned from winter migration — and the avian stars already putting on a show as they build their nest...
A conversation with U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The U.S. House of Representatives isn’t the same workplace for a Republican Congressman that it was four months ago. Just ask freshman Rep. Russ Fulcher. Elected to Congress in...
LPOSD holds open meeting to aid in new superintendent search
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Lake Pend Oreille School District will be holding a stakeholder meeting to aid in the search for the new district school superintendent. The meeting will take place at 5...
Initiative to raise Idaho minimum wage approved
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Idaho Attorney General’s office has approved a ballot initiative that hopes to raise Idaho’s minimum wage. According to the Idaho Press, the initiative would increase Idaho’s current $7.25...
Wash. state rep. offered to background check political opponents in messages
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Washington State Rep. Matt Shea is under fire again following the release of his conversations with far-right figures who indulge in violent fantasies about their political enemies. The Spokane...
Super Drug to open found safe at 1 p.m. Thursday
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Could it be gold? Jewels? Decades-old cash? Or nothing at all? These are the questions obsessing the folks at Sandpoint Super Drug following the discovery last week of an...
Army Corps starts lake refill, shares upcoming dam operations
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started a controlled refill of Lake Pend Oreille at the beginning of April and is on track to have the lake at summer...
Sandpoint woman wins bodybuilding competition
By Katie Bradish Reader Contributor James LaBarbera, Sandpoint native and owner of Future Physique Pilates, won first place in the fitness routine category at the National Physique Committee’s Empire Classic bodybuilding competition in Spokane...
Why Wilderness?
By Phil Hough Reader Contributor Americans came together 49 years ago to celebrate the first Earth Day. We committed to making our planet a more liveable place. We’ve cleaned up our water. We’ve reduced...
