That one time I was a chess champion
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
I’ve done a lot of dumb things in my life, but no matter what, I can always rest on my laurels as a fifth-grade chess …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
I’ve done a lot of dumb things in my life, but no matter what, I can always rest on my laurels as a fifth-grade chess …
Compiled by Zach Hagadone, Soncirey Mitchell and Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Publisher’s note: Before each election, the Sandpoint Reader reaches out to candidates to ask questions about how they would …
By Reader Staff
Three years after its official keel-laying ceremony at the shipyard in Quonset Point, R.I., the USS Idaho (SSN-799) is still under construction but will soon by plying …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Community. Tradition. Fun.
Experience it all by attending a contra dance in Sandpoint, and get a glance into what makes dance organizer and caller Emily …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A training session for refugee work turned chaotic Wednesday after protesters packed Sandpoint Community Hall.
Police and fire department personnel had to turn people away …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Chances are, if you grew up in Sandpoint over the past 25 years and play chess, you learned how from Lou Domanski.
I can still …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A Sandpoint city candidate forum drew more than 100 people out Wednesday night to watch mayoral candidates Mose Dunkel and Shelby Rognstad square off on …
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