Local veteran spotlight: Luke Omodt
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Veterans Day is a reminder to honor those who have served and are currently serving. It’s also a time to recognize those members of our community who have stepped...
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Mad About Science: Siege weapons
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Have you ever watched a movie about war in ancient times? Most of it is just armored guys running at each other and brutally hacking at their opponents with...
Sheriff, commissioners clash over ice arena lease
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners approved a lease agreement for the construction of the Sandpoint Ice Arena on a piece of fairgrounds property on Oct. 26. More than two weeks later,...
County adopts Juneteenth, with likely name change
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff A seemingly run-of-the-mill human resources item turned into a discussion on race during the Nov. 9 Bonner County commissioner meeting, during which the board took up the adoption of...
Stephen Drinkard, all and everything for a purposeful life
Longtime Sandpoint resident Stephen Charles Drinkard, 77, died Saturday, Oct. 30 at Bonner General Health after weeks of fighting a breakthrough COVID pneumonia he contracted while hospitalized for a surgery in Coeur d’Alene. His...
Getting to know the new Panida director
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Veronica Knowlton has passion — that much is evident after speaking with her for just a few minutes. The 28-year-old chosen by the Panida Board of Trustees as the...
Back of the Book: On losing
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff I hate losing. I am competitive, to a fault. There are a variety of factors that made me this way. It’s partially hereditary (thank you, mom), but also a...
The Sandpoint Eater
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist This October was one for the record books. I don’t remember the fall foliage ever being more beautifully ablaze. It’s exactly 800 miles, doorstep-to-doorstep, from my son Zane’s home...
A light in ‘unusual times’
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Panida Theater will unveil the full power of its newly refurbished marquee on Tuesday, Nov. 9, as the theater’s board and staff invite the community to attend a...
The next generation of storytellers
By Ben Olson Reader Staff With the advent of new technology and media, the art of storytelling has changed volumes in the millenia humans have inhabited the earth but, at its core, storytelling still...
