Drennen’s journey
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When Dustin Drennen says he’s about to tell you the “short version” of how he ended up as a musician and writer practicing his craft …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When Dustin Drennen says he’s about to tell you the “short version” of how he ended up as a musician and writer practicing his craft …
By Cameron Rasmusson and Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Ballot proposals
Beyond the expected electoral contests this year, high-stakes ballot issues defined North Idaho elections. Two votes, one measuring support of …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
As a kid, I’d unabashedly produce a Christmas List for my mom each year, sometime in October. Although she is a year-round holiday shopper, my …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Board of Bonner County Commissioners is experiencing pushback following the news that the county may transition their current Emergency Management Services system from county-operated …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
A proposal from the Bonner County Road and Bridge Department Dec. 11 opened up a larger conversation regarding when and why the county makes changes …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County has shortened hours of operation and set a date for the temporary closure of the 11 Mile waste collection site.
Director of Solid …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County Commissioners unanimously approved a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) voicing the board’s opposition to the Kalispel Tribe of Indians’ request for …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission announced Wednesday that they would not support the sale of Avista Corp. to Canadian company Hydro One.
The decision …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Representatives of the local journalism community will take center stage Sunday as the Bonner County Human Rights Task Force acknowledges the 70th anniversary of Human …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
As the days grow shorter and we descend into this largely unloved North Idaho winter, Robb Talbott of Mattox Farm Productions is finding a way …
The Sandpoint Reader is our town's local, independent weekly newspaper. "Independent" means that the Reader is locally owned, in a partnership between Publisher Ben Olson and Keokee Co. Publishing, the media company owned by Chris Bessler that also publishes Sandpoint Magazine and Sandpoint Online. Sandpoint Reader LLC is a completely independent business unit; no big newspaper group or corporate conglomerate or billionaire owner dictates our editorial policy. And we want the news, opinion and lifestyle stories we report to be freely available to all interested readers - so unlike many other newspapers and media websites, we have NO PAYWALL on our website. The Reader relies wholly on the support of our valued advertisers, as well as readers who voluntarily contribute. Want to ensure that local, independent journalism survives in our town? You can help support the Reader for as little as $1.