The unlikeliest of outcomes
By Ben OlsonReader Staff If you noticed some pigs flying by your living room window earlier this summer, the sun rising in the west and a fine frosty crust settling over Hell, don’t worry;...
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Help Sandpoint win a $120K grant to expand the free outdoor Summer Music Series
By Ben OlsonReader Staff When it comes to free, outdoor music concerts in Sandpoint, nobody does it better than Robb Talbott. The owner of Mattox Farm Productions has spearheaded the annual Sandpoint Summer Music...
Dumb of the Week: The American Dick(tator)
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Dumb springs eternal, and it feeds a well that will never run dry. Recent statements from President Donald Trump might have ended a politician’s career in years past. Now? Well,...
The world according to Doug
Beloved longtime Eichardt’s bartender Doug Clark hits the road By Ben OlsonReader Staff There’s just something special about Eichardt’s Pub. The unpretentious local eatery and watering hole is Sandpoint’s closest embodiment to the European...
Dumb of the Week
Now with more fascism than ever! By Ben OlsonReader Staff A lot of dumb has come from the United States’ descent into an authoritarian dystopia. Here’s what kind of “matter” hit the fan last...
Hillfolk Noir to play Idaho Pour Authority
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Idaho Pour Authority will host touring band Hillfolk Noir for a special show on Sunday, Aug. 31 from 6-8 p.m. Over the past 15 years, the Boise-based trio has built...
The big swim
Sandpoint’s Kevin Woodruff swims length of lake, from Buttonhook Bay to City Beach By Ben OlsonReader Staff The fact that Kevin Woodruff is even alive is a miracle, let alone that he swam 33...
Jamgrass band Armchair Boogie to play Sandpoint Summer Music Series
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Whether you call it jamgrass, newgrass, funkgrass or progressive bluegrass, Wisconsin-based quartet Armchair Boogie plays it. The band will play the Sandpoint Summer Music Series on Thursday, Aug. 21 at...
Giving back(packs)
Angels Over Sandpoint supplies 700 area families with free school supplies By Ben OlsonReader Staff Angels Over Sandpoint volunteers came together once again on Aug. 13-14 to support the children of Bonner County with...
Becoming (in)human
By Ben OlsonReader Staff “Operator…” “Agent…” “Help…” “Rrrgh, just let me freaking talk to somebody, you son of a…” If anyone had overhead me trying to call my internet provider’s support line over the...
