Emily Articulated: Fiction 700
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Emily closed her computer. Ideas bounced around her head like fuzzy ping pong balls, none quite formed enough to grasp. She had just been reading entries for the local...
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County approves separation of planning and zoning commissions
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Board of Bonner County Commissioners voted unanimously Jan. 12 to do away with the county’s current Planning and Zoning Commission in favor of a new, two-commission system. As...
MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech in its entirety
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Some moments in American history will be remembered forever. One such moment occurred on Aug. 28, 1963, about 100 years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation freeing...
208 Fiction: 2022 Contest Results
Welcome to the Sandpoint Reader’s first-ever 208 Fiction contest, in which we invited any and all writers to submit a work of fiction totaling exactly 208 words for consideration by an esteemed panel of...
The science and importance of reading (Part 2)
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Today’s article is a deeper dive into how your brain processes reading. Due to the nature of the complexity of neuroscience, much of this article will be condensed, and...
A few thoughts: On Something and SDRs
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist At Oakland Airport, I await a flight to Spokane, the last leg home from Seattle. It’s a roundabout way to get there, but it fits the day, which has...
Here we have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff In a 29-minute speech Jan. 10, Idaho Gov. Brad Little delivered his fourth State of the State at the Capitol in Boise, officially opening the 2022 session of the...
Alex Barron, ‘Bard of the American Redoubt,’ faces felony child sex abuse and domestic battery charges
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sean A. Barron, a 52-year-old Post Falls man well known in North Idaho ultraconservative political circles, has been charged with felony sexual abuse of a child under 16 and...
Idaho GOP committee defeats proposed ballot rule requiring endorsements
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris Idaho Capital Sun A rule that would have required any candidate seeking a statewide, legislative or county level position to first obtain the endorsement of Republican central committees in order to...
Luke Omodt announces bid for District 3 Bonner County commission seat
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The May 2022 Republican primary field got a little deeper Jan. 12, when Sandpoint resident Luke Omodt announced he would run for the District 3 Bonner County commissioner seat...
