By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Science-fiction — at least good science-fiction — confounds our present understanding of ourselves. Far from laser battles and the wonky speculative theory of interstellar travel, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The average album runs a gamut of pre-release rituals. There are promo appearances, strategically released singles and pre-sale hype. Artists share countdowns across platforms, gaining …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Sandpoint artist Alison Barrows-Young is celebrating international recognition after the publication ArtTour International recently chose one of her pieces for its back cover.
Barrows-Young, also …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The story of my recent television consumption begins where most stories of 2020 begin: acknowledging that this year has, in many ways, not been good.…
By Hannah Combs
Reader Contributor
In this three-part series, we explore the formation of Lake Pend Oreille and the things that may lurk in its unknown depths.
In August 1866, …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
If you were to peruse a history book about famous scientists at the library, perhaps about a famous figure such as Benjamin Franklin, you may …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
In early times, songs were passed down by generations like oral histories. Even two or three generations back, songs had to be experienced either in …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
There was a time, not so long ago it seems, when the idea of a movie starring Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson flying under the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Growing up on a farm in the Selle Valley as one of nine children, Diana Tillberg said her mother found ways for the family to …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Having a unique community identity is becoming more and more important today, especially as everyplace tends to look like everyplace else — with a McDonald’s …
THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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E-bike explorations. Take a cross-country loop tour at Schweitzer on an electric bike for a memorable summer outing. Plus, check out other events happening on the mountain and in town on the Entertainment Calendar»
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Enter the Sandpoint in Pictures Winter Photo Contest! Post your best winter snapshot in the Sandpoint Winter Photo Contest for a chance at hometown fame, plus a $20 gift certificate to MickDuff’s and a copy of the scenic coffee table book ‘Selkirks Spectacular.’ How to enter? Easy – just post your photo and vote daily at SandpointPictures.com»
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