Local veteran spotlight: Luke Omodt
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Veterans Day is a reminder to honor those who have served and are currently serving. It’s also a time to recognize those members of our …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Veterans Day is a reminder to honor those who have served and are currently serving. It’s also a time to recognize those members of our …
Longtime Sandpoint resident Stephen Charles Drinkard, 77, died Saturday, Oct. 30 at Bonner General Health after weeks of fighting a breakthrough COVID pneumonia he contracted while hospitalized for a surgery …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Even 850 miles later, Justine Murray and Matt Connery are looking to go hiking.
When the Reader caught up with the pair after completing their …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
This article is the third piece in an ongoing series during which the Reader will examine various aspects of the labor shortage affecting area employers.
By now …
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 …
Apocalyptic literature
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
My college roommates and I lived together — all 20 or, like me, nearing 21 years old — in a nice house a …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Meeting the artist is often one of the best ways to connect more deeply to a piece of art. The next level of connection? Seeing …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Publisher’s note: In any small arts town, there are always a handful of individuals who quietly do the important work of building a community. These …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
National media, from the New York Times to CNN, reported the death of Leah Davis Lokan, mauled by a grizzly bear in the Montana wildlands …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Contributor
In the early 1980s, North Idaho was the scene of international intrigue, which unfolded amid the mountains and forests outside Bonners Ferry. It’s a story …
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