Mad about Science: The Voynich Manuscript
By Brenden BobbyReader Staff Pumpkin spice, cobwebs and pumpkins can mean only one thing: spooky season is upon us! To celebrate the season, we are going to look at one of the most elaborate...
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Library expansion construction to begin August 10
By Reader Staff The Sandpoint branch of the East Bonner County Library District will begin construction on a facilities expansion project Monday, Aug. 10, with safety barriers and temporary parking corrals to be erected...
Emily Articulated: Whodunit
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist I’m an avid fan of the “whodunit,” the often formulaic mystery centered around a single question: Who committed the crime? The audience, whether reader or viewer, joins the investigator in...
North Idaho nomenclature
By Ben OlsonReader Staff After wrapping up endless home and work chores last weekend, I strapped the canoe to the roof of the car and set out for a midday adventure to paddle the...
Mad about Science: Lord of the Rings Architecture
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist The intricacies of architecture within the universe of The Lord of the Rings were not greatly explored in Tolkien’s texts. Much of the visuals we associate with the epic fantasy...
208 Youth Writing Contest
Is creativity a thing of the past? As an English teacher of 12 years, I have read many young writers’ attempts to create original, cohesive or at least comprehensible writing. Think back and you...
208 Fiction 2026 contest results
Here we present the winners of the fifth annual Sandpoint Reader 208 Fiction contest, in which we invited writers to submit a work of fiction totaling exactly 208 words for consideration by a panel...
Afraid to turn away
By Ben OlsonReader Staff With the publication of our fifth annual 208 Fiction winners and honorable mentions in this edition (see Pages 14-16), I thought I’d share one of my own short stories. I...
Local author releases final installment of The Mysterious Pend Oreille Paddler
By Reader Staff Author Whitney Rae Palmer has released The Mysterious Pend Oreille Paddler, Part 3, a conclusion to her comical series about the local water serpent set along the scenic shores of Lake...
Man bites back at dogs
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Among the quickest ways to get yourself in trouble is pointing out that all dogs are not God’s perfect creatures, nor do they belong in every space where humans conduct...
