By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
For everyone alive in North Idaho today, the novel coronavirus outbreak is uncharted territory.
Across the world, leadership is suspending gatherings, closing schools and encouraging …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
History books are undoubtedly a vital tool in understanding the past. It only makes sense to keep records of years and days on which monumental …
By Timothy Braatz
Reader Contributor
Black History Month was created to celebrate the achievements of people typically excluded from the telling of U.S. history. In that spirit, here are three …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
When I was in school, we learned about one black scientist: George Washington Carver, whom my history book at the time summed up as: “The …
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Contributor
John “Doc” Ivy served five tours in Vietnam from 1966-1971. He was introduced in the Reader on May 23, 2017, as my beloved veteran neighbor. …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As with countless communities across the United States, the people of Bonner County were shocked and angered by the news that forces of the Japanese …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Recording Industry Association of America noted in its mid-year 2019 report that vinyl records earned $224.1 million in the first half of the year, …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It is a well known fact that Sandpoint’s early history was rough and tumble. When researchers excavated the original townsite on the Sand Creek peninsula …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
After months of activity, War Memorial Field is looking particularly tranquil this time of year.
A November weekday morning bears no resemblance to a Saturday …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
For upwards of 16,000 years, some of the earliest evidence of human habitation in the Americas lay buried in Idaho, waiting to be discovered.
According …
THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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Local coronavirus info. The latest local updates, announcements and resources to help Sandpoint cope with the COVID-19 virus. Go to Sandpoint Coronavirus Update»
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