Demographics and affordability
By Raphael Barta Reader Contributor In the current chaos that is the housing market, everyone is focused on interest rates. The housing market is a sector of the economy that is especially sensitive to...
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BOCC battle of the public records requests
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners heard a full hour of public commentary, prior even to the consent agenda, at the regular business meeting on Nov. 14. The meeting...
2023 election results
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff For the first time in eight years, Sandpoint will have a new mayor when Jeremy Grimm is sworn in at City Hall in January following his decisive election victory...
IDL rules in favor of Idaho Club community dock near Trestle Creek
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Idaho Department of Lands Director Dustin Miller handed down a decision Oct. 27 approving the Idaho Club’s request for an encroachment permit for its 105-slip North Lake community dock...
West Bonner’s three-member board selects two new trustees
By Darren Svan Idaho Education News The West Bonner School District gained positive traction Oct. 30 with two milestones: Trustees hired an experienced interim superintendent and filled two board vacancies. Following the official resignation...
Date set for workshop on revised Sandpoint Comp Plan
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint City Hall has set a date for a town hall-style workshop on the revised Comprehensive Plan for Wednesday, Nov. 29, from 5-7 p.m. at the City Council Chambers...
Zombies: the democratic monster
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Classic movie monsters usually have a long literary tradition in Gothic or horror novels, but that isn’t the case for the zombie, which made the jump almost immediately from...
Harvesting memories
By Mitchell Etheridge Reader Contributor On a brisk, muddy April afternoon, my girlfriend, Lily, and I arrived at a humble farm nestled between Moyie Springs, Idaho, and the Montana state line. Ronnigers Organics, established...
Mad About Science
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist The 1993 film Jurassic Park, based on Michael Chrichton’s 1990 novel of the same name, converted an entire generation of kids into dinosaur fanatics. It was an action-thriller with...
‘We’re burned out’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Amid public forum testimony at the Sept. 20 meeting of the Sandpoint City Council, mostly dominated by talk of the Travers Park trees, two members of the Selkirk Fire...
