Mad About Science: Helium
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Helium, everyone’s second favorite party favor. Because let’s face it, you’re there for the cake, and the clown doesn’t even make the top 15. At a glance, helium seems...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
Polar Bear Plunge: the hardiest of the hardy
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It’s always been assumed that those who live in North Idaho are a hardy lot. The Polar Bear Plunge proves that and more. Each year, dozens of brave souls...
The False Prohpet Motive: Greed is (not) good for the planet
By Tim Bearly Reader Contributor For countless millennia we homo sapiens have maintained our dominion over nature. We’ve penetrated every corner of the globe, cultivating plants and domesticating animals along the way. We’ve developed...
Smelter: When did it become OK…?
By Phyllis J. Kardos Reader Contributor When did it become OK for a massive industrial complex to entrench itself in the middle of rural residential properties and position itself to be built perilously close...
Reader Reels returns with ‘Three Billboards’
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff After a year-long hiatus, the Reader Reels film series is back with a movie at once hilarious, heartfelt and tragic. Building up strong Oscar buzz right in time for...
Grab hold of something: Banff Film Fest is coming
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer Like a fine wine — or, maybe, a well-loved ski jacket — the Banff Mountain Film Festival seems to only improve with time. In it’s 22nd year, the...
In Fine Fettle: Setting intention for changes
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Health Columnist Perhaps Lao Tzu said it most plainly: “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” It’s that time of the year again....
What’s a Flying Mammal?
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer Upon the release of its fourth studio album, the band Flying Mammals continues to blaze a trail unlike anything any other band can boast. For one, it’s a...
Downtown’s hip new addition
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer Chris Dosher grew up in Sandpoint, but he’s best known for opening the Coeur d’Alene vape shop CDA Vape. But Dosher is branching out in his latest business...
Sandpoint and the Roman Empire
By Mark Reiner Reader Contributor My wife and I are two of those “back-to-the-land” hippies Ben referenced in one of the earlier “Redoubt” articles. A large portion of us moved back to the land...
