Where the magic is made
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Meeting the artist is often one of the best ways to connect more deeply to a piece of art. The next level of connection? Seeing where, exactly, that art...
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Funky Junk Show offers a treasure trove for bargain hunters
By Ben Olson Reader Staff If you can imagine it, the Funky Junk Antique Show probably has it. The rummage sale extravaganza returns to the Bonner County Fairgrounds for its 14th annual Labor Day...
FallFest returns to Schweitzer
By Ben Olson Reader Staff After taking last year off due to the pandemic, Schweitzer’s traditional end-of-summer event FallFest is back. Spanning four days between Friday, Sept. 3-Monday, Sept. 6, FallFest features more than...
Commissioners table ‘Constitutional County’ issue
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners stood at a stalemate during their Aug. 31 business meeting, disagreeing on a resolution that would declare “Constitutional County” status and forbade them from ever enacting...
Council approves final plat for Phase I of University Place subdivision
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff With no discussion or debate, the Sandpoint City Council at its Sept. 1 meeting approved the final plat for Phase I of the University Place development on North Boyer...
Emily Articulated: Relearned lessons
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist I had plans to write another article, to put a different set of words to my thoughts and ideas. I’d filled my customary notebook sheet with a loose outline...
Mad About Science: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist There exists a bunker buried deep in a mountain, on an island, halfway between Norway and the North Pole. This bunker is designed to survive earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, storms,...
The Sandpoint Eater: Tots and tots
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist After months of planning and anticipating the arrival of youngest daughter Casey’s family (the Chicago Four), their move to Spokane is (mostly) complete. For the first time in a...
The Lumberjill: Supply, demand and Sandpoint
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist We received our first negative review recently. It came from someone we’ve never even met, let alone worked for. It came from someone disappointed in our inability to...
Mad About Science
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist The ability to learn isn’t a human-specific trait. Every organic creature from the blue whale to bacteria have some capacity for learning — otherwise we would never have evolved...
