Holiday Gift Guide: Weird gifts for your weird friends and family
By Ben OlsonReader Staff For many, the holiday season can be a time of anxiety due to a lack of creativity when it comes to giving gifts. That’s why the Reader offers a guide...
Category: Random Digital Madness
Identify that skull
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Our readers bring some interesting items into the Reader offices from time to time, but Jim Armbruster gets the prize for showing up with the first animal skull. Armbruster said...
Mad about Science: Cholula
By Brenden BobbyReader Staff In my household, there is only one hot sauce that reigns supreme. My lady’s love for Cholula extends beyond the four walls of our home, and any time we go...
The women of Eichardt’s need to know
By Marjolein Groot NebbelinkReader Contributor The women servers and regular patrons of Eichardt’s — the amazingly cozy, European-style pub on 212 Cedar St. — are calling upon the greater Sandpoint community to assist in...
Bloody fingers, happy soul
By Ben OlsonReader Staff My first guitar was used more as a prop than an instrument. I convinced my parents to buy it for me when I was in sixth grade. It was a...
Mad about Science: Porcupines
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist I’ve lived in this area for my entire life and I have never seen a porcupine outside of a zoo. Perhaps I’m lucky, in that I’ve never had to endure...
Loose Ends weaves together life stories
Local knitter completes project left unfinished after death of beloved matriarch By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Whether expected or sudden, when people pass on, they often leave behind unfinished projects — be it an unpainted...
‘Immerse yourself in nerd culture’
Sandemonium celebrates its 10th anniversary By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Assemble your Pokémon, grab your phaser and brush up on your Rainbow Road maps, because Sandpoint’s own Sandemonium is back for its 10th anniversary with...
Summerween
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Never underestimate the power of a store display. As a kid, nothing ruined my summer like seeing “Back to School” in big yellow letters above shelves of pencils, notebooks and...
The science of smoke
How and why air pollution affects both man and machine By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Bonner County was able to avoid the summer haze for quite a while; but, recently, a cloud of smoke blowing...
