Lawyering up
By Zach Hagadone and Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff It has been more than two weeks since Bonner County commissioners voted to proceed with legal action against the city of Sandpoint over the Festival at Sandpoint’s...
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Jet lag day
By Marjolein Groot Nibbelink Reader Contributor I grew up in the Netherlands and have traveled to 20 countries between 2006 and 2016, but it’s been at least five years since I traveled to a place...
Get ready to rubble
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Crews led by city-contracted construction firm Sonray Enterprises will close Cedar Street from Second Avenue to First Avenue and Main Street beginning Tuesday, Sept. 3 — the first section...
Starting high school
By Dinah Rawson Reader Contributor I’m starting classes at Sandpoint High School next week and, honestly, I’m terrified. There is so much pressure we face as teenagers — from the mysterious world of social...
Brick by brick
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Though long a vital part of downtown Sandpoint, the Panida Theater went into a twilight period toward the end of the 20th century. Years of disuse and neglect threatened...
County votes to proceed with suit vs. city over Festival gun-ban
By Zach Hagadone and Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint had barely opened its 2019 season when open carry and concealed firearms advocates took aim at the event’s weapons ban. “The Festival doesn’t...
Form, function, hustle and tradition
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Beneath a brilliant teal tent at the Saturday Sandpoint Farmers’ Market, Jennah Lucht is combining old-school basket weaving with modern-day needs at her aptly named Cool Bike Baskets business....
Seeing the forest for the trees
By Sharon Lewis Reader Contributor Have you ever experienced walking along a city street or suburban sidewalk and suddenly feeling calmer, more relaxed and maybe a little less anxious? If we are lucky, that...
To Priest River and beyond
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Former astronaut Barbara Morgan and Priest River Elementary teacher Chris Naccarato share a dream of space. But that’s not the thing they have in common — they also both...
Mad About Science: Evolutionary baggage
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist When people talk about evolution, terms like “perfectly adapted” often arise. In truth, evolution is far from perfect but it has given us a lot of the tools we...
