Reflections of Nature
By Phil Hough Reader Staff We launched our canoe into strong head winds and waves. Forward progress was slow, so we camped early, on a muddy shore only five miles from the start. Smoke...
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Dark • Synth • Pop
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Pop music has come a long way since New Kids on the Block. Once considered overly saccharine and commercial, the evolution of pop in recent years has seen the...
Clearing the path
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bleeding Hearts Tattoo Emporium has been planning to participate in the “Adopt a Highway Program” for some time, but when shop owner Jon Bates heard one of his clients...
Bikes, beer and a little bit of crazy
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Cyclocross is not a sport for the faint of heart. “Imagine a road bike with knobby tires — and then combine that with a steeplechase,” said Charles Mortensen, owner...
Proposition 2: Will voters approve Medicaid expansion?
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Medicaid expansion is a debate Idaho has grappled with since the introduction of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Now the state has a chance to settle that debate...
Sewer work enters home stretch
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Heavy construction machinery made its way to Cedar Street this week as the sewer lateral replacement progressed in downtown Sandpoint. First Avenue was closed this week from Main Street...
Counterfeit bills reported in Sandpoint
By Ben Olson Reader Staff A wave of counterfeit $20 bills have been reported in various locations around Sandpoint and Sagle. The first reports of the fake bills came Saturday morning after Sandpoint Farmers’...
‘A killer dinner party’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When executive director of the Panida, Patricia Walker, invites people to upcoming dinner theater show “The Mysterious Murder of Madeline LaMar,” she tells people it’s going to be a...
Uptown Bagel Co. rolling into town soon
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Angelina Henry and Marcy Timblin, co-owners of Sandpoint’s forthcoming Uptown Bagel Co., just want their customers to be happy. The rest will all sort itself out. “We want that...
Mad About Science: Geoduck
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist When you want weird, Brenden delivers weird. The geoduck (gooey-duck) isn’t even a duck, it’s a clam called a duck. That’s not even the weirdest part of its name....
