The Sandpoint Eater: Spanish sighs
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Yep, I’m still talking tomatoes. When I left home a couple of weeks ago, it was under threat of frost. I thought of many of you, outside in the...
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LuLaRich docuseries doesn’t say it out loud, but it’s really about the ‘prosperity gospel’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff On a basic level, LuLaRich is a four-episode expose of women’s clothing company LuLaRoe featuring a host of current and former retailers, many of whom argue that it’s a...
All roads lead to pizza
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Powderhound Pizza is back. The beloved pizza restaurant and locals’ hangout has been absent from downtown Sandpoint since February 2019 when a fire claimed two buildings and a half...
Mad About Science: Cool new 3-D prints
By Brenden Bobby Reader Staff Thought 3-D printing was a fad? While COVID-19 may have slowed down research in technology and manufacturing industries worldwide, it also helped illuminate the importance of 3-D printing in...
Idaho House, Senate leaders working toward reconvening the Legislature
By Clark Corbin Idaho Capital Sun Top legislative leaders are working on a plan to bring the Idaho Legislature back into session at the Statehouse in Boise, Speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives...
With Little out of state, McGeachin issues order banning COVID-19 testing, vaccination at schools
By Clark Corbin Idaho Capital Sun While serving as acting governor on Oct. 5, Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin issued a new executive order banning public schools and the State Department of Education from requiring...
City approves prelim plat for Madison Meadows housing development, sets dates for parks workshops
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint City Council members voted Oct. 6 to approve the preliminary plat for a 10-unit single-family housing development dubbed Madison Meadows, located just north of Cedar Street and west...
Vote recount affirms Bonner Co. Elections are legit
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff First, it was two of Idaho’s smallest counties: Butte and Camas. Next, Idaho secretary of state officials visited Bonner County to perform a partial recount of the Nov. 3,...
P&Z recommends approval of 25-acre rezone to make way for multi-family housing
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint’s housing affordability crisis was front and center at the Oct. 5 meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission, as members voted 3-1 to recommend approval for a Comprehensive...
Hickey Farms’ Harvest Festival to span October
By Ben Olson Reader Staff If Linus’ “Great Pumpkin” from the Peanuts comic strip were to appear anywhere in North Idaho, I’ll wager it would be the Hickey Farms pumpkin patch. This family farm,...
