CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE
2026 general Election By Reader Staff Before each election, the Sandpoint Reader reaches out to candidates in contested legislative and local races to ask questions about how they would represent the constituents in the...
2026 general Election By Reader Staff Before each election, the Sandpoint Reader reaches out to candidates in contested legislative and local races to ask questions about how they would represent the constituents in the...
All invited Republican candidates decline to attend By Ben OlsonReader Staff The dais was noticeably sparse at the Oct. 20 candidates’ forum at Sandpoint High School as half of the invited candidates declined to...
By Ben OlsonReader Staff In every music scene, there’s that one guy who is like the duct tape that holds everything together. In Sandpoint, that’s Justin Landis. Whether performing his own tunes, sitting in...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Idaho District 1 Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle, and Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint, will provide a recap of the 2025 Idaho Legislature and take questions from attendees Saturday, May 3...
The Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce announced its Volunteer and Business of the Month for April, honoring Jack Peterson and Evans Brothers Coffee, respectively. Peterson is the associate station manager at KRFY 88.5 FM...
By Reader Staff Panhandle Community Radio KRFY 88.5 FM is hosting an on-air Community Radio Celebration from Monday, Dec. 9-Sunday, Dec. 15, showcasing the local programs and hosts that make the station possible. Listeners...
By Reader Staff After selling out of tickets for the Saturday, Sept. 14 screening of Viggo Mortensen’s newest film The Dead Don’t Hurt, the Panida Theater announced Sept. 4 that Mortensen has agreed to...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff I did the math the other day, and figured out I’ve covered Sandpoint City Hall under six mayors: David Sawyer, Ray Miller, Gretchen Albrecht-Hellar, Marsha Ogilvie, Carrie Logan and now...
By Zach Hagadone and Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff A near-capacity crowd turned out Oct. 17 at the Sandpoint Community Hall for a candidates’ forum featuring office seekers in contested races for Sandpoint mayor and...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff KRFY Panhandle Community Radio — otherwise known as 88.5 FM — is celebrating 10 years on the air in 2021. Though Sandpoint’s community radio station went live on Jan....