Bloody fingers, happy soul
By Ben OlsonReader Staff My first guitar was used more as a prop than an instrument. I convinced my parents to buy it for me when I was in sixth grade. It was a...
Category: Memories
Loose Ends weaves together life stories
Local knitter completes project left unfinished after death of beloved matriarch By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Whether expected or sudden, when people pass on, they often leave behind unfinished projects — be it an unpainted...
Harley and Me
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff When women show an interest in nerdiness, it’s constantly challenged. Someone — usually a man, but sometimes another woman with internalized sexism — will give us a pop quiz on...
Rodrick M. Crawford (Feb. 19, 1954-Aug. 29, 2025)
Rodrick M. Crawford, 71, “Hot Rod,” passed away in Sandpoint on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, doing what he loved — spending time out on his ’57 Hewescraft, the Silver Maw Paw, on Lake Pend...
Sally Thurber Dennison (Nov. 9, 1941-Aug. 29, 2025)
If Sally chose you as one of her people, you gained a mother who loved you unconditionally, who showed up to care for you when you needed it and who was always curious about...
From New York to Sandpoint, the long way ’round
Sandpoint local Alan Ball receives a postcard — 72 years late By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Most Sandpointians will recognize the name Alan Ball — whether from his time at the Gardenia Center, his performances...
From the first piece of steel to the last
Local man Frank Wakeley recounts helping to build the World Trade Center towers By Ben OlsonReader Staff Frank Wakeley has a claim to fame that few — if any — can equal: the longtime...
The unlikeliest of outcomes
By Ben OlsonReader Staff If you noticed some pigs flying by your living room window earlier this summer, the sun rising in the west and a fine frosty crust settling over Hell, don’t worry;...
William ‘Bill’ Radcliffe (1948-2025)
On Aug. 1, 2025, William “Bill” Radcliffe passed comfortably in hospice care in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Bill was a resident of Sandpoint, Sagle and Dover, Idaho for the past 55 years. A pillar of...
The world according to Doug
Beloved longtime Eichardt’s bartender Doug Clark hits the road By Ben OlsonReader Staff There’s just something special about Eichardt’s Pub. The unpretentious local eatery and watering hole is Sandpoint’s closest embodiment to the European...
