Almost at the tipping point
By K.L. HuntleyReader Contributor My much-loved sister and I grew up sharing everything from clothes to friends and faith philosophies. What we did not share in our adult lives was our political views. She...
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Legacy of a loon
By Megan LekanderReader Contributor When Ben Lekander and Simeon Kubacz (aged 12) went on a family boat camping trip to Lee’s Point on Lake Pend Oreille, the last thing they expected was to discover...
Mad about Science: Pandemics
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist If you can read this, congratulations! You experienced a global pandemic that began in December 2019. Up until that point, the most recent pandemic the world had endured was the...
Community mourns sudden passing of SPD Cpl. Michael Hutter
By Reader Staff Sandpoint Police Corporal Michael Hutter is being remembered for his years of service after suddenly passing away Oct. 16 amid treatment for unspecified health concerns at Kootenai Health, in Coeur d’Alene....
Visiting Peggy
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff I hold my dog, Peggy, in my dreams. She passed away suddenly in June after 15 years on this Earth. I was lucky enough to spend 12 of those years...
On cemetery picnics
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Contributor A friend recently called me out for something I posted on social media. With a concerned look on her face, she asked: “Can we talk about the Snapchat you...
Farewell to Helen Newton, the definition of an authentic Sandpoint ‘local’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff One of Sandpoint’s truest champions passed away on April 25 — Helen Newton, aged 83, left us but she won’t be forgotten for her wit, humor and diligent intelligence,...
‘Slow down and pay attention’
By Rich Holub Reader Contributor My friend Bob was killed on Highway 95 yesterday [April 14]. Crushed, torn apart, burned. His passenger, a young man, was life-flighted to Spokane in critical condition. Others went...
A farewell message from Drake the Dog
By Reader Staff Editor’s note: Drake the Dog was the “author” of “The Straight Poop” column for the Reader from July 2015-February 2018. The below piece is his final dispatch, filed from somewhere up...
Body found in Missoula-area Clark Fork River identified as former-Bonner County woman
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Authorities announced Nov. 1 that they had recovered the body of Eva Masin Prather, 43, from the Clark Fork River in the Missoula area. Prather grew up in Bonner...
