Celebrate Earth Day by helping clean up City Beach
By Reader Staff In celebration of Earth Day 2023, the Idaho Conservation League is partnering with the city of Sandpoint to host a clean-up event at City Beach and Lower Sand Creek. From 9...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
The Sandpoint Eater: Sweet dreams
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Last month, in Dublin, I stayed at The Merrion Hotel, a beautifully restored Georgian townhouse, where I had my first night’s rest in ages. I swear it was the...
Jazz for the masses
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff To say that Los Angeles-based band The Black Market Trust is a jazz band is a disservice. To call it a pop outfit or big band act also doesn’t...
Festival at Sandpoint announces An Evening with The String Cheese Incident
By Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint announced its next headliner April 18, further fleshing out the lineup for its 2023 summer concert series. The String Cheese Incident will take the main stage on...
A logger’s daughter’s Earth Day
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff When I look at my garden, my mind works in annual cycles. I’ll put tomatoes in this spot, I think, because it gets great afternoon sun. I’ll try to...
A few thoughts … On perspective
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist My brothers and I and our significant others once stood in Grandpa Earl’s east field on a summer night, watching sunset fade away. Hanging in the sky 10 degrees...
‘Fine dining in a casual atmosphere’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff “I cook with wine; sometimes I even add it to the food.” — W.C. Fields For foodies and wine enthusiasts searching for the next good thing in Sandpoint, look no...
SHS alum on team that wins national cheer competition
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Until this year, it had been more than a decade since Hawaii Pacific University participated in the National Cheerleaders Association national championship. However, the school’s cheer team returned to...
Matt Hofmann, (March 24, 1977-March 12, 2023)
After a lifetime of making this world a better place, on March 12, 2023, Matt Hofmann sighed a final time and left his earthly body to embark on whatever magnificent journey awaits in the...
Greetings from Boise: It’s a wrap — an overview of 2023 Idaho Legislature
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint Reader Contributor The 2023 Legislative Session ended last Thursday, April 6. As a freshman representative, I had few expectations. I had heard there would be lots to learn and...
