Emily Articulated: Lacy and Jan
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist There’s a trope about Millennials: We love it when our plans get canceled. We get to stay home instead of attending the social engagement we agreed to during a period...
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CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE
2026 general Election By Reader Staff Before each election, the Sandpoint Reader reaches out to candidates in contested legislative and local races to ask questions about how they would represent the constituents in the...
Gordon K. Walker (Feb. 12, 1939-Aug. 25, 2026)
Renowned Northwest architect Gordon K. Walker’s favorite adage, as anyone who spent time with him knows, was that life is a three-legged stool balanced on talent, discipline and dumb luck. He had all three...
‘Flour, butter, tradition’
Sawyers Bakery combines Sandpoint heritage with European flair By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff If you’ve stopped by one of downtown Sandpoint’s newest businesses — Sawyers Bakery — in the afternoon, you may have noticed a...
Longtime local nonprofit leader Phil Hough aims to share his expertise
Hough Consulting & Coaching offers decades of experience to help organizations succeed By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Even if people in the community don’t know Phil Hough personally, it’s more than likely they’re familiar with...
The accidental bakery
Third-generation Sandpointian returns to open The Cakery on First By Ben OlsonReader Staff Abby Stolfo’s road to opening a new business led her back home to Sandpoint. The third-generation Sandpointian recently opened The Cakery...
Achieving independence
By Bil LewisReader Contributor As a history teacher who dresses and performs as James Madison, the most important thing in the world for me is that my students gain an appreciation for the times,...
Rise of the Pend Oreille Phoenix
Terry Anderson launches his final boat after a lifetime of tinkering and building By Ben OlsonReader Staff For most people, dragging a 50-foot long and 20-foot-wide sailboat down an incline into the lake using...
Dan Mimmack, 1955-2026
On Friday, May 29, 2026, Dan Mimmack took his last breath in this life, leaving behind a legacy of adventure, creativity, generosity, laughter and love that touched countless people. Many people in Sandpoint knew...
‘Part of the family’
Kathy Chambers shares the joy of hosting foreign exchange students through Sandpoint Rotary By Ben OlsonReader Staff After hosting foreign exchange students in her Sandpoint home over the years, Kathy Chambers now hopes to...
