‘Hey, Rube’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff When I was a cub reporter at the Associated Press, stationed in the bowels of the pre-renovation Idaho Capitol, circa 2003, we had a CRT TV bolted to a...
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Update on James E. Russell Sports Center shows lower-than-anticipated revenue
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Planning and Community Development Director Jason Welker recently walked the council and mayor through an update on the James E. Russell Sports Center, which has been open to users...
Parking plan moving forward with business outreach
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint City Hall is moving forward with the development of its new parking management plan, with March described as “business outreach month.” Community Planning and Development Director Jason Welker...
City Hall begins process for Phase 3 of downtown revitalization
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The third phase of a long-running downtown revitalization project is entering its beginning stages, with Sandpoint Construction Manager Erik Bush and Public Works Director Holly Ellis giving a presentation...
Idaho journalism ‘shield law’ clears Senate committee
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A bill protecting Idaho journalists from being forced to divulge confidential source material is one step closer to Gov. Brad Little’s desk, after members of the Senate Judiciary and...
Panida to host two $5 screenings of classic rom-dramedy The Quiet Man
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff In a tip of the tammie to St. Patrick’s Day, the Panida Theater is hosting two screenings Sunday, March 16 of the 1952 romantic comedy/drama The Quiet Man. Directed...
The Substance features a lot of substance, but without the need to overthink it
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A lot of reviews of The Substance are filled with thinky references to an uncommonly large number of other films, from Carrie to The Shining, 2001: A Space Odyssey,...
Army Surplus arson suspect pleads ‘not guilty’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Jennifer S. Meyer was back in Bonner County court Feb. 20, entering a plea of “not guilty” in the suspected arson that destroyed the Army Surplus 1 store in...
City advances plan to reconstruct downtown parking lot
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint Mayor Jeremy Grimm cast a tiebreaking vote at the Feb. 19 meeting of the Sandpoint City Council, advancing the preliminary design for a reconstructed downtown parking lot —...
In praise of nuanced disagreement
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Among the many casualties of our present calamitous day is the quality of nuance. Power has a way of flattening the variability of ideas, regardless of whether that power...
