The death of Jeannetta Riley
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff At around 9 p.m. almost a year ago, Shane Riley brought his wife, Jeanetta Riley, to Bonner General Health. Minutes later, she was dead, gunned down by Sandpoint...
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Memorial planned to commemorate one year anniversary of Riley shooting
By Ben Olson Reader Staff A year ago, a police shooting occurred in Sandpoint that still reverberates throughout the community. It was dusk on July 8, 2014 when Sandpoint Police officers Michael Valenzuela...
New study sets precedent for region conservation
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Idaho Fish and Game biologists Lacy Robinson and Michael Lucid are approaching the end of a five year odyssey, one that’s covered everything from water temperatures to carnivore...
Taxi Tales: Trading in four wheels for two
By Louie de Palma Reader Road Warrior Let’s take a spin down the foggy, poorly lit path of memory lane to the day my father took off my training wheels of my bicycle. I...
Haunted Sandpoint: The Sandpoint Middle School Library
By Jessica Bowman Reader Contributor Ghost stories. Everyone knows at least one good one. Sandpoint is no exception. Talk to the right person, and you can find out which buildings are really haunted in...
An Interview with Ziggy Marley
I spoke to Ziggy Marley on the phone this week about his upcoming show at the Festival at Sandpoint. The six-time Grammy winner, Emmy winner, humanitarian, singer, songwriter and producer was gracious enough to...
An Interview with Lake Street Dive
By Ben Olson, Reader Staff This week, as part of our ongoing interview series with the Festival at Sandpoint’s artists, we caught up with Lake Street Dive, who Rolling Stone has called “This year’s...
Fire Season ramping up to be a big one
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Coming out of one of the driest winters in over a decade, and with above-average temperatures headed our way, this fire season is already looking to be one of...
Bordering on Complete Sanity
Crazy Ideas For Our Times By Sandy Compton For SPR The theme song for “Welcome Back Kotter” has run through my head all week. If you remember the show, you a.) are likely getting...
The Art of Debate, or, How to Have an Argument
“Everyone has a doggone opinion about everything—and not one of them is worth a darn. Including this one.”
