The Sandpoint Eater:
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Staff A walk anywhere near a grocery checkout station can cause serious pre-turkey tension. At least a dozen magazines scream for your attention with persuading headlines, tempting you to purchase...
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Climate change group discusses the future
By Nancy Gerth Reader Contributor On the heels of the hottest, driest summer on record in North Idaho, which sparked a record wildfire season, and on the eve of critical international talks on climate,...
Reader fundraiser showcases 4 local bands
By Dion Nizzi Reader Contributor When the Sandpoint Reader began its second incarnation in January, it was considered a crap shoot. Free weekly community print publications are disappearing all over the country, and to...
Seeking the big ones:
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Lake Pend Oreille is a pretty special body of water. You already knew that, though, didn’t you? Did you also know that Lake Pend Oreille is the fifth deepest...
A reason to give thanks:
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A week before Thanksgiving, there’s hardly a moment to spare at Bonner Community Food Center. The lobby is a model of controlled chaos. Ringing phones punctuate conversations between office...
There she blows:
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Avista crews reported more than 150,000 customers still without power Wednesday morning after Tuesday evening’s windstorm swept through the Inland Northwest. The utilities company said the storm was the...
The Sandpoint Eater:
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist For the past six or eight months, I’d tried to plan an annual sojourn to the Davenport Hotel with longtime Missoula friends, Lynda and Helga. Sadly, each trip...
The Music of the Mountains:
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There’s just something about living surrounded by mountains. Missing are the crowds of people, the traffic, litter and noise of big cities. Also, the music just plain kicks ass....
The Ladies of the Day: An encore
By Tim Henney Reader Staff My 1957 bride, Jacquelynn, and I once lived in Logan, Utah, a college town. The university president’s name was Kermit, like the famous frog. The president, however, was tall,...
Front lines in the war on poverty:
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Editor’s note: This is the third article in a series on poverty in Bonner County. It was made possible in part by a grant from the Idaho Media Initiative...
