Carry on, Kansas
An interview with the iconic rock band scheduled to play the Festival at Sandpoint By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff With nine gold albums, three multi-platinum albums, two platinum albums and hits like “Dust in the...
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Woods Wheatcroft photography exhibit focuses on protecting public lands
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The recent — and ongoing — debate about whether to open public lands for expanded resource extraction and/or development has raised awareness among many for how special and valuable those...
Festival at Sandpoint: Know before you go
By Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint summer concert series returns for its 42nd year. While much remains the same since the first notes rang from the stage in 1983, there are a lot...
Visiting Peggy
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff I hold my dog, Peggy, in my dreams. She passed away suddenly in June after 15 years on this Earth. I was lucky enough to spend 12 of those years...
Festival at Sandpoint — Week 1
A rundown of the first five Festival shows of the year By Reader Staff Since 1983, the Festival at Sandpoint has filled the air with music this time of year. Here’s a rundown of...
Sandpoint adopts increased development impact fees
Higher fees intended to make ‘growth pay for growth’ By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The cost of both residential and non-residential development in Sandpoint is going to get more expensive, after the Sandpoint City Council...
Ponderay gearing up for Comp Plan update with open house and public meeting
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The city of Ponderay will host an open house and public hearing Thursday, July 24 focused on its updated Comprehensive Plan. Bringing together consultants, Planning Commission members and city staff,...
Four life sentences handed down in 2022 Moscow murders
Friends and families of victims deliver statements in July 23 sentencing hearing By Zach HagadoneReader Staff After a sentencing hearing July 23 in Boise, the man who admitted murdering four University of Idaho students...
Sandpoint P&Z recommends eliminating city’s area of impact
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff After months of consideration, and a meeting with the Bonner County board of commissioners, the Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission voted July 15 to recommend eliminating the city’s area...
Pee-wee as Himself is a gripping portrait of a complex artist — never a ‘sad clown’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Watching the two-part HBO Max documentary Pee-wee as Himself, it’s tempting to draw associations with a novel like Heinrich Böll’s The Clown or an opera like Pagliacci. Both are...
