By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Commissioners signed off on a controversial change to Bonner County Planning Department appeals Wednesday despite heavy resistance. Dozens of county residents attended the meeting to oppose the change, which...
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor A recent New York Times carried the obituary of former big band vocalist Kitty Kallen. This, in part, is what it said: “Kitty Kallen, her voice sweet and clear,...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Get ready for some “Inception”-inspired action! Today, I’m going to use a computer to tell you about computers, and once I’m done, this article will be edited, formatted and...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff There’s a weird, wild world of movies out there, and for the first time, Sandpoint will have access to it in the theater. The Sandpoint Reader and the Panida...
By Julia Angwin for ProPublica The FBI’s much-discussed request to Apple can seem innocuous: Help us extract six weeks of encrypted data from the locked iPhone of Syed Farook, an employee of San Bernardino’s...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The greater Sandpoint area is another step closer to a new high-speed fiber Internet network, and residents can help determine how quickly it gets here. Officials announced Wednesday that...
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist “Sanders would be a GOP dream. America will never go socialist.” —Bill O’Reilly The last stop on my month-long trip to Europe last September was London. The London papers...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A heated confrontation and an accidental gun discharge at Super 1 this weekend could have been much worse, according to Sandpoint police. Police chief Corey Coon said no one...
By Scarlette Quille Reader Staff When I was a kid, I watched Mutual of Omaha’s “Wild Kingdom” and read National Geographic religiously. Each episode and article gave me a new insight into a world...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff It’s hard to imagine a more bittersweet swan song for Studio Ghibli than “When Marnie Was There.” Founded in 1985, the Japanese animation studio has arguably produced more masterpieces...
