208 Fiction 2026 contest results
Here we present the winners of the fifth annual Sandpoint Reader 208 Fiction contest, in which we invited writers to submit a work of fiction totaling exactly 208 words for consideration by a panel...
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2026 year in preview
What could be in the coming year By Reader Staff While it may be a fool’s errand to predict the future, we’ve been doing it at the Reader every year since 2020 — getting...
New year, same drink
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff New Year’s Eve parties and Champagne toasts go hand-in-hand in the modern imagination, but though the beloved sparkling wine is now an institution, it had a long, forgotten history of...
The best albums of 2025
A totally biased opinion from a musical office By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff This year was a horrible, no good, very bad page of the calendar; yet, despite the pain — or perhaps because of...
Environmental protection groups sue over Trestle Creek adjacent marina
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Center for Biological Diversity and the Idaho Conservation League filed suit Dec. 18 against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Army Corps of Engineers, challenging their permit approvals...
County approves Deerfield subdivision preliminary plat
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff After extending its Dec. 17 meeting due to high winds, the Bonner County board of commissioners met Dec. 18 to unanimously approve the preliminary plat for the proposed Deerfield subdivision...
BOCC issues additional disaster declaration
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners voted unanimously Dec. 23 to reaffirm a disaster declaration for Bonner County following recent wind storms on Dec. 17, which left thousands without power...
Holiday Gift Guide: Last minute gifts
By Zach Hagadoneand Soncirey MitchellReader Staff We’re entering the final innings of the holiday shopping season, with workplace and neighborhood parties populating the calendar even as the days are winding down to the Main...
Winds leave 13k without power in Bonner, Boundary counties
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The National Weather Service issued a high winds warning Dec. 16 for the Northwest and Northern Central Rockies, anticipating gusts of 50-70 mph through the following day. Bonner and Boundary...
BOCC declares state of emergency for flooding
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff In response to recent flooding throughout the Inland Northwest, the Bonner County board of commissioners reaffirmed a countywide emergency disaster declaration and request for aid from the U.S. Army Corps...
