A homemade show
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Each year when Sandpoint natives Laurie and Katelyn Shook come home to play their annual Giving Thanks show at the Panida Theater, they put in work. From self promoting...
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Sick situation
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff As hunters hit the mountains this fall on their annual mission to fill their freezers, many harbored a concern that the meat they harvested might be tainted by chronic...
Mad About Science: Slavic folklore
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist You might be wondering what a bunch of Slavic fairy tales are doing in a science article. That’s good. Curiosity and skepticism are important traits to have while reading,...
City approves Memorial Field design contract
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It again fell to Mayor Shelby Rognstad to break a tie Nov. 20, as the Sandpoint City Council considered whether to approve a design contract for major changes to...
Status conference set for county v. city gun suit
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff There appears to be forward movement in the lawsuit over The Festival at Sandpoint’s weapons ban, as a status conference between legal counsel representing plaintiff Bonner County and the...
Sandpoint’s ‘hub’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Some of the most functional nonprofit organizations in Sandpoint arose out of a need noticed by insightful residents. Sandpoint Community Resource Center, which celebrates 10 years in Sandpoint this...
Home on the big screen
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff For the average person, an initial thought upon clicking “play” to watch the trailer for Radioflash might be, “An apocalyptic thriller? Cool.” For a North Idaho resident, that first...
The quest for balance
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Jeff Pufnock was several years into a career in immunology — specifically, searching for a cancer vaccine — when he realized Western medicine wasn’t approaching healing in a way...
‘Play in peace forever’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff After months of activity, War Memorial Field is looking particularly tranquil this time of year. A November weekday morning bears no resemblance to a Saturday night in early August,...
Sandpoint mayor and LPOSD levy votes drew the most heat in 2019 local elections
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Bonner County Elections officials reported a comparatively early night Nov. 5, posting preliminary results by 11:17 p.m. and turning off the lights by 11:30 p.m. — a significant improvement...
