By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Suzanne Davis has been the children’s librarian at the Sandpoint branch of the East Bonner County Library District for 13 years. She was the first friend I made in...
By Jodi Rawson Reader Staff Though we have both lived in Sandpoint over a decade, I just met Brian Casey last year. I adore him. Just being around him, I find that I can...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff I should have known what I was getting into when Mary Faux asked me if I was ready for “hat heaven.” We’d already been through an upstairs closet —...
By Jodi Rawson Reader Staff My seventh-grade daughter says her principal is very well loved and greets everyone by their first name (even though the Sandpoint Middle School population is at full capacity). A...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Editor’s Note: Since gubernatorial candidate Raul Labrador didn’t follow through to our interview request, we are moving onto the U.S. Representative race. It’s a packed race, so we’re just...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Editor’s Note: These profiles are part of our weekly election coverage leading up to the primaries in May. This week, we feature a conversation with gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov....
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer When Democrat Anthony Joseph “A.J.” Balukoff ran for governor in 2014, he earned nearly 40 percent of the vote. It wasn’t enough, as Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter entered...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer In a single two-hour sitting with Francis McNall, it’s easy to forget you’re living in 2018. You’re caught up in the story of a 4-year-old driving a team...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The American Redoubt has many components — political, philosophical and religious. But if there’s one element the movement needs to exist, it’s land. For the past several years, Todd...
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor The practice of aikido is all about harmony. It’s an art that transcends time and place. And for the past couple years, the place for Gaia and Sensei Reitan...
