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...
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Classic canapes for an old-school New Year’s
Spoiler alert: stock up on white bread By Zach HagadoneReader Staff When I’m in a pinch for entertaining, I reach for my trusty Old Mr. Boston De Luxe Official Bartender’s Guide, fifth edition, published...
2025 YEAR IN REVIEW
Recapping some of the biggest headlines of the year… pray for us By Zach HagadoneReader Staff At the end of the introductory paragraph in the 2024 “Year in Review,” we congratulated Reader readers on...
Wake Up Dead Man is the best Knives Out since the original
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Rian Johnson’s mini-franchise Knives Out has been billed as breathing new life into “the British drawing room murder mystery,” with its titular first installment in 2019, followed by Glass Onion...
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...
Workshop focused on future of City Beach RV park
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff A capacity crowd filled the community room of the James E. Russell Sports Center for a public workshop Dec. 13 looking at future uses for the two-acre RV park site...
Sandpoint P&Z recommends approval of amended short-term rental ordinance
Rule change intended to get ahead of potential lawsuit, comes amid likely state legislation By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Changes to Sandpoint’s ordinance regulating short-term rentals will move forward, after members of the Planning and...
BoCo property owners’ wetlands appeal moves forward
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff A Bonner County couple’s appeal of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision classifying a portion of their property as wetlands is moving forward after a decision Dec. 2 that...
City Hall to host workshop on City Beach RV park concepts
Survey also active to gauge preferred priorities By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Area residents will have the chance to weigh in on how they wish to see the publicly owned RV park property at City...
Debut kids’ book from locally-raised author is a heartfelt exploration of family separation
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Kids’ books can be for entertaining, learning and explaining hard topics — and often all three. My House in the Sky, published in 2025 by Jeff Tedd Bock, is entertaining...
