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 in south Sandpoint for...
Category: Humor
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. Chances are it’ll never...
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 nonetheless true, because while...
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 a last-minute school project,...
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 biology, the dads we’ve...
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 meals a day until...
Space aliens invade North Idaho to escape ‘galactic tyranny’
By Owen Bolson Reader Staff North Idaho has been under siege by space aliens, as it has been recently targeted as a place free from “galactic tyranny” for interstellar travelers of another kind. The...
Officials: Lake will be mostly dry in summer 2021
By Clayton Rau Special to the Reader *FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NO ABILITY TO DETECT A JOKE, OR WHO CANNOT READ PAST A HEADLINE, THIS IS AN APRIL FOOL’S ARTICLE THAT RAN IN THE...
If North Idaho was a board game
By Ben Olson Reader Staff What if North Idaho was a board game? How do you think it would look, and what exactly would be a good strategy to win? In the interest of...
Slide rules of engagement
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff My winter sport is driving. I’m not entirely sure when I developed this weird affinity, but I suppose it began when I took drivers’ ed during the legendary Winter...
