Building a legacy
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Those who have been around Sandpoint for a while might remember the soccer dynasty that lasted from the mid-’90s to late-2000s. Year after year, excellent players kept putting Sandpoint...
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Cruel party
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Of all the self-immolations in modern politics, Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem takes the cake. Or should I say dog treat? Noem is a firebrand acolyte of former-President...
Reader takes home wins from Idaho Press Club awards
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Last weekend, all three full-time members of the Sandpoint Reader editorial staff road-tripped to Boise for the annual Idaho Press Club awards banquet, or “Nerd Prom” as we call...
Remembering the Testicle Festival
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The early days of the Sandpoint Reader were wild. Editor Zach Hagadone owned the paper then. I was just a lowly writer seeking out adventures to fill these pages,...
Candidate Questionnaire: 2024 Primary Election
Compiled by Zach Hagadone and Ben Olson Publisher’s note: Before each election, the Sandpoint Reader reaches out to candidates in contested races to ask questions about how they would represent the constituents in the...
County approves Panhandle Bike Ranch development in Sagle
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Bonner County Hearing Examiner approved a conditional use permit on April 22, sought by Scott and Jennifer Kalbach to build a downhill mountain bike recreational facility in Sagle....
Local man to circumnavigate lake on paddleboard to support Ethan Murray Fund
By Ben Olson Reader Staff When Nate Christensen made the decision to leave North Idaho, he wanted to head out with a bang. Christensen plans to circumnavigate Lake Pend Oreille’s shoreline solo on a...
The good ol’ days
By Ben Olson Reader Staff I miss the good ol’ days. You know, that era in politics when a candidate — no matter which party they belonged to — did or said something so...
Public hearing draws full crowd for proposed Sagle Panhandle Bike Ranch
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The developers of a mountain bike park slated to break ground in Sagle on May 1 were met with a capacity crowd April 17 when the Bonner County Hearing...
Sandpoint Sailing Club screens Success, chronicling Race to Alaska
By Ben Olson Reader Staff In the summer of 2023, four North Idaho sailors embarked on an adventure that saw them racing from Port Townsend, Wash. to Ketchikan, Alaska with nothing but the wind...
