I’m sorry, how do you say your name?
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
It’s pronounced SON-ser-ray. Yes, it is shocking when people get it right on the first try, and Reader Publisher Ben Olson and Editor-in-Chief Zach Hagadone …
Category: Humor
‘Over-organized, overpriced and over-proud’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
“And what rough beast, its hour come round at last/ Slouches toward Bethlemen to be born?”
— W.B. Yeats, “The Second Coming,” published 1920
It’s …
Worst. Date. Ever.
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Usually when Valentine’s Day draws near, we take time to show our significant others how much they mean to us. This year, though, I can’t …
Back of the Book: Thank you, and you, and you
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
After my recent wedding, I took it upon myself to handwrite thank-you notes to everyone who attended or helped with the big event.
This was …
Wentworth the cat burglar strikes again
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Wentworth the cat burglar is at it again.
Two years ago, the Reader published a story about an unassuming cat named Wentworth who was notorious …
Summer, I’m breaking up with you
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It’s official: My love affair with Summer has ended. We are no longer on speaking terms, and it’s anyone’s guess when relations will be repaired. …
Off the Record
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
In all my 25 years as a North Idaho resident, I have never attended a Sandpoint Independence Day celebration.
This sounds blasphemous, right? It is …
Even at their most inept, dads are the best
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When I was a kid, I remember no authority more powerful and all-knowing than my dad. When you skinned your knee or needed help with …
Father’s Day 2021
Every dad gets his day on Sunday, June 20, when we make an especial effort to honor the patres familias in our lives. Be they the dads we have by …
Hatching egg-ceptional memories
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Easter eggs are a staple of childhood. They’re often plastic, filled with candy and money. Sometimes they’re real — boiled, vibrantly colored and enjoyed three …
Reader in Print
Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
GO READ IT»
WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
GO READ IT»
THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
GO READ IT»
STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
GO READ IT»
Curious about what media the locals use? Check our 2018 Local Media Survey. GO SEE »
Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss out on Online Auctions, Purse Parties, Parties, Craft Fairs, and more! See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
⋅ ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS»
⋅ CIVIC EVENTS»
⋅ MOVIE SHOWTIMES»
⋅ SPORTS & OUTDOOR EVENTS»
⋅ YEAR CALENDAR»
Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
