The Lumber Jill: Give of your driveway, give of your heart
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
It was, perhaps, not my finest moment.
I might have treated one Sandpoint land baron as a proxy for them all.
I might have …
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
It was, perhaps, not my finest moment.
I might have treated one Sandpoint land baron as a proxy for them all.
I might have …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
Arriving in Sandpoint after a month away is like returning to the baseline of a familiar song — settling into the steady rhythm of my …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
While tensions have run high at Bonner County commissioner meetings for months, that tension reached an all-time high on June 27, as Chairman Steve Bradshaw …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
On May 9, Bonner County Assessor Grant Dorman — who took office in January — issued his resignation effective Friday, June 2 due to health …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
There’s a green thumb hard at work in the Sandpoint library’s garden.
Hired this spring to take the community space to the next level and …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
American pop culture has proven again and again the power of nostalgia. Movie remakes, band reunions and the return of past fashions have dominated the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners on March 21 reversed an earlier decision to move forward with a highly contentious boundary line adjustment between the Bonner County Fairgrounds …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The honor roll of departed community icons is getting uncomfortably long. With the passing March 13 of Erik Daarstad, at age 87, Sandpoint has lost …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As promised, the Sandpoint City Council hosted an informational workshop at its regular March 15 meeting focused on the Multimodal Transportation Master Plan, with a …
By Reader Staff
The Reader is hosting an open town hall to discuss “the Couplet” concept for widening and reorienting U.S. Highway 2, which has made the news in recent …
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