Bye bye Blird-ie
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The Panida Little Theater will open its doors Tuesday, Nov. 12, for the year’s final installment of KRFY Community Radio’s Little Live Radio Hour, featuring …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The Panida Little Theater will open its doors Tuesday, Nov. 12, for the year’s final installment of KRFY Community Radio’s Little Live Radio Hour, featuring …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Everyone needs a little help from time to time. That’s the mantra of North Idaho Firewood Rescue. Now, the nonprofit organization — which has helped …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
There was an internet phenomenon from 2015 called “The Dress,” which seems appropriate to remember right now.
A week before her daughter’s wedding, a British …
Whether listening to a scary movie’s ominous background music or your favorite Halloween songs, there are some pretty creepy-sounding instruments out there. Everyone always thinks of the theremin around Halloween, …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
There is an entire corner of the internet dedicated to the art of the self-own. It seems we all can’t get enough of seeing someone …
The Hound of the Hagavilles
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Growing up in the hinterlands of Bonner County, there was no reason to lean into decorating the front of our …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Some news is a pleasure to share. This is that kind of news.
The Reader was one of 205 small, local newspapers across the nation …
Compiled by Zach Hagadone, Ben Olson and Soncirey Mitchell
Publisher’s note: Before each election, the Sandpoint Reader reaches out to candidates in state and local contested races to ask questions …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It’s a wild time to be alive.
In an age when information is so readily available, it takes seconds to answer a question with an …
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