Battle lines drawn in representative race
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The race between Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, and Democratic challenger Kate McAlister for District 1 representative seat A is heating up.
With the weeks dwindling …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The race between Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, and Democratic challenger Kate McAlister for District 1 representative seat A is heating up.
With the weeks dwindling …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Want to learn more about the candidates running for local and state offices? You’re in luck.
The Sandpoint Reader and SandpointOnline.com will be co-presenting a …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Officials confirmed last week that Kim Queen, manager of the Sandpoint Business Improvement District, resigned from her job.
According to Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Let’s be honest: It’s easy to love beer. But not everyone loves it in the same way.
See, a guy like me goes for the …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It’s a fact: Sandpoint has a love affair with dogs. You see it walking the streets daily. You see it in the summer issue of …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A lineup is set for the May 17 state and local primary elections in Bonner County.
Democrat Ken Meyers announced his candidacy for the Idaho …
The lineup for 2016 local and state elections is starting to shape up.
Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce President Kate McAlister declared her candidacy for the Idaho House of Representatives …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Terrorist attacks. Suicides. Cultural clashes. Wars and rumors of wars.
For both Sandpoint and the world as a whole, 2015 was a year of upheaval, …
By Kate McAlister
Reader Contributor
If you attended the Economic Summit last week you certainly walked away with a head full of facts and a positive outlook on how Bonner …
By Kate McAlister
Reader Contributor
“He won’t come today, but surely he’ll come tomorrow.”
Leave it to an Irishman to write a play both introspective and nonsensical at the same …
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