Full house
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Panida Board of Directors received some homework Feb. 19, as about 25 community members attended its monthly meeting — the most that Chairman Robert Moore reported ever seeing...
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The Sandpoint Eater: Going bananas
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist I have my standard kitchen utensils and cookware, and I’m hard pressed to be lured into the superfluous gadgetry for sale in urban kitchen and gourmet shops. I did,...
New local lit hits the stands
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The novels of Hope writer Bill Percy center on the kinds of issues you’d find in the news: school shootings, tax evasion conspiracies, sex trafficking in rural America and...
Where the contented buffalo roams
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Steve Sanchez and his children first noticed the buffalo at Pend Oreille Farms last spring, during their regular commute on Highway 200 from the east side of the county...
Sandpoint Winter Carnival: Week 1 events
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The annual Winter Carnival spans from Feb. 14-23, featuring a bevy of events, including everything from parades to parties. Here’s an edited schedule of events for the first week....
Primaries at a glance
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Idaho’s presidential primary election is less than a month away, and the local and state primary races are on the horizon. As the latter approaches, challengers from both sides...
Bringing sustainability to the slopes
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Nearly two decades ago, David Rogers began designing and building bamboo fly rods. Though his interest in fly fishing played a part in the venture, Rogers said he was...
Hanging up the rollers after 33 years
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The interior house paint of the year in 1987 was called “barely-there pink.” The color of the year for 2019 was known as “blueprint,” advertised as a mid-tone that’s...
Mad About Science: Awesome African-American scientists (pt. 1)
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist When I was in school, we learned about one black scientist: George Washington Carver, whom my history book at the time summed up as: “The African-American scientist that invented...
‘A bridge too far’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Since late January, Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad has found himself on the receiving end of dozens of phone calls and emails from gun rights proponents angry about what they...
