Puzzle piece of my heart
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff My first puzzle was a large, 10-piece dinosaur print big enough for my first-grade self to sleep on. I took it apart and remade it over and over in my...
Category: History
Mad about Science: Lord of the Rings Architecture
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist The intricacies of architecture within the universe of The Lord of the Rings were not greatly explored in Tolkien’s texts. Much of the visuals we associate with the epic fantasy...
Mad about Science: Artemis II
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist My grandparents told me stories about watching the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969. My grandfather talked about experiencing it while we sat outside and watched the Hale-Bopp comet scream...
City of Ponderay launches long-awaited Black Rock cleanup project at Bay Trail
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The city of Ponderay kicked off a project years in the making April 7, when crews began construction to remediate contamination at the “Black Rock” site on the shoreline of...
Checkmate
Lou Domanski Chess Festival registration ends April 9, tournament April 11 By Ben OlsonReader Staff There’s still time to register for the annual Lou Domanski Chess Festival in Sandpoint. Registration remains open until the...
Holocaust documentary Carla the Rescuer to screen at the Panida
Event features Q&A with firsthand Holocaust witness Carla Peperzak By Reader Staff The Bonner County Human Rights Task Force invites the community to a special screening of Carla the Rescuer, a documentary on Holocaust...
‘Might makes right’ is wrong for the U.S. and the world
By Georgia EarleyReader Contributor During a CNN interview with Jake Tapper in January, Steve Miller, top adviser to the current administration, stated while discussing the potential U.S. annexation of Greenland and other military actions: ...
Independent and local — always
By Ben OlsonReader Staff When the Reader was founded in 2004, it was owned by three college friends who wanted to provide an alternative voice in North Idaho. When Zach Hagadone, John Reuter and...
Mad about Science: Horses
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist Dogs have earned the moniker of “man’s best friend,” but it may be more accurate to relabel them as “man’s oldest friend.” Dogs were domesticated around 14,500 years ago, becoming...
The Sandpoint Eater: M&Mmmms
By Marcia PilgeramReader Columnist Earlier this week, in great anticipation of juvenile house guests arriving for Easter, I made a pilgrimage to Costco. As I perused the cereal aisle, the sweetest little family rolled...
