Cancer sticks, racism and hostage situations
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
At our weekly Reader editorial meeting, Publisher Ben Olson asked — as he often does — if we had any “fun” stories to give our …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
At our weekly Reader editorial meeting, Publisher Ben Olson asked — as he often does — if we had any “fun” stories to give our …
By Reader Staff
Idaho Fish and Game is looking for information after a bald eagle was shot and killed near Sandpoint.
According to the agency, the eagle is believed to …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Dinosaurs were weird. Conditions on Earth over several hundreds of millions of years created some unusual evolutionary niches that nature was eager to fill.
The …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
We’re ringing in the new year with an ambitious experiment! In a Mad About Science first, we’re going to be learning about two completely different …
By Tim Henney
Reader Staff
My son has buried my Best Friend Tippy in the backyard among the raspberry bushes.
She and I were roughly the same age: in our …
By Reader Staff
Editor’s note: Drake the Dog was the “author” of “The Straight Poop” column for the Reader from July 2015-February 2018. The below piece is his final dispatch, …
By Molly Madrid
Reader Staff
Everyone is familiar with the saying: “Fact is stranger than fiction.” Perhaps, instead, we should focus on how strange writers of fiction tend to be.…
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Staff
Nothing beats a lazy morning laying on the bed, thumbing through your phone and enjoying the comfort of sinking into a foam mattress topper. Ever …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Two months after Bonner County and the cities of Sandpoint and Ponderay allowed their contracts with Better Together Animal Alliance to expire — ending their …
By Reader Staff
Turkey day is fast approaching, which means it’s time once again for the annual K&K Fall Fishing Derby, this running year running from Saturday, Nov. 23-Sunday, Dec. …
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