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 …
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 …
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
It has been another busy year for the city of Sandpoint. The city is in a good state. The city started off 2022 by …
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
Not long after starting our arborist business, Tyler and I decided we needed one more iron in the fire. Tree work was good, but …
By Debra Townsend
Reader Contributor
It’s that time of year where you’re either making New Year’s resolutions, or you’re rolling your eyes at your friends and family who are making …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Their minds were numbed by the shock of peace.
—Colonel Thomas Gowenlock, U.S. intelligence officer
At 11 a.m. on November 11, 1918, the guns …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“So precious is a person’s faith in God that we should not harm that. Because God gave birth to all religions.”
—St. Francis of …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights,” and that they have “the …
By Scarlette Quille
Reader Columnist
I am not really sure why I despise the autumn season. Temperate weather, beautiful scenery and “harvesting” everything from pumpkins to elk is just not …
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