How Scott Herndon turns voter outrage into a fundraising engine, and why that’s the whole point By Gregory GrafPolitical Potatoes Kill the property tax. That’s the pitch. You own your home. You paid for...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff It seems like every year or so, The New York Times finds an opportunity to write about Sandpoint and surrounds — sometimes telling everyone in the world they should move...
Sandpoint City Hall holds off on repealing short-term rental regs to align with new state law By Zach HagadoneReader Staff One way or another, the city of Sandpoint will be required to repeal its...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Our civilization has persisted with the majority of adults operating at the emotional-intellectual level of bratty 13-year-olds for a long time — and even managed to not only survive them...
Republican Central Committee candidates sweep major offices By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff More than 45% of Bonner County residents showed up for Idaho’s May 19 primary, according to the Idaho Secretary of State’s unofficial results,...
By Zach Hagadoneand Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Ahead of the Tuesday, May 19 primary election, candidates in contested races for Idaho Legislative District 1 Senate, Dist. 1 House and Bonner County offices gathered at the...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Less than a month after Gov. Brad Little signed into law House Bill 752, criminalizing transgender people using bathrooms according to their identity, the legislation is going to court. According...
By Kim KeatonReader Contributor I spent 15 years as the Sandpoint Middle School principal. I retired proud of what we built. Our students felt safe and parents trusted us to look after their kids....
2026 primary Election: legislative Contested Races for Idaho Legislative District 1A and 1B House, District 1 SenateCompiled by Zach Hagadone, Ben Olson and Soncirey Mitchell Publisher’s note: Before each election, the Sandpoint Reader reaches...
2026 session recap By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-SagleReader Contributor The 2026 legislative session adjourned for the year on April 2. As expected, developing the annual budget was the dominant topic this year. It was...
