208 Fiction competition results
Welcome to the third annual Sandpoint Reader 208 Fiction contest, in which we invited any and all writers to submit a work of fiction totaling exactly 208 words for consideration …
Welcome to the third annual Sandpoint Reader 208 Fiction contest, in which we invited any and all writers to submit a work of fiction totaling exactly 208 words for consideration …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
In addition to swearing in new members and the mayor, the Sandpoint City Council voted to advance the Travers Park inclusive playground and splash pad …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When I took a philosophy class a long time ago, one of the students asked our professor how he planned to observe the new year. …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
More than a few cultural observers have opined that we’re living in a “Golden Age of TV,” and that may be true, but those same …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
With the dawn of a new year, the Reader passed an important milestone: The second iteration of our alt-weekly (started in January 2015) is officially …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The regular Jan. 3 meeting of the Sandpoint City Council ushered in a number of big changes at City Hall, with the swearing-in of Jeremy …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Even if my only job at the Reader was to watch movies and TV series, there would be no way to catch them all. I …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
We’ve been doing these retrospectives every year since 2020, and so far the ’20s have lived up to their reputation for being “roaring.” Just reading …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The city of Sandpoint is offering a number of opportunities for public feedback on a pair of big-ticket items on the 2024 agenda: the inclusive …
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