The hidden homeless
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The word “paradise” is often tossed around to describe towns like Sandpoint. But scratch beneath the surface in resort towns across the West and evidence of issues like housing...
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The great divide
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff When it comes to bureaucratic battles, little else inspires the masses to assemble quite like a land use issue. One slated to come before the Bonner County Planning and...
Food Bank seeking Thanksgiving food donations
By Ben Olson Reader Staff No matter what state the economy is in, it should always be a priority to keep the people fed. That’s the mission of the Bonner Community Food Bank, and...
‘Where everybody knows your name’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Without fail, if I hear the Cheers theme song, I’m instantly transported back to a cozy past era. “Where Everybody Knows Your Name,” composed by Gary Portnoy and Judy...
The time Sandpoint celebrated Armistice Day twice
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The headlines in the Pend d’Oreille Review of Friday, Nov. 8, 1918 sound eerily familiar: “Republicans Win County Election”; “With No New Cases of ‘Flu’ Schools Resume in Week”;...
Local veteran spotlight: Luke Omodt
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Veterans Day is a reminder to honor those who have served and are currently serving. It’s also a time to recognize those members of our community who have stepped...
Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Exactly four years ago I was packing up my old silver Subaru, a vehicle I had purchased as soon as I set my heart on moving to the mountains...
Racist robocaller Scott Rhodes fined $10M for nationwide harassment campaign, including attacks on Reader and its publisher
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Scott Rhodes, a former Sandpoint resident and last known to be living in Libby, Mont., has been fined almost $10 million by the Federal Communications Commission for a yearslong...
A Regency treat
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff As a child of the Shonda Rhimes era of network television, I am always willing to give anything she puts her name to a try. The woman behind instant...
Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Well, it’s official. The year of curveball after curveball, of perpetually adapting to the unknown, and during which the unprecedented steadily became precedent, is coming to a close. If...
