A-list Alien(s)
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff With Alien: Romulus in theaters now — and because I haven’t been able to make it to the cinema to see it yet — I contented myself with rewatching...
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City Beach Lady Liberty statue going in for repairs
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Few other Sandpoint landmarks are more photographed than the replica of Lady Liberty at the end of the City Beach pier — however, those snapshots will have to wait...
Court determines arson suspect’s competency is ‘significantly impaired’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Arson suspect Jennifer S. Meyer was in Bonner County court again Aug. 21, appearing with Public Defender Catherine Enright to hear how a recent competency evaluation would affect the...
Babylon Berlin reemerges with a triumphal fourth season
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A handful of critics seem a little bemused by the popularity of Babylon Berlin. The New York Times referred to a “a small core of aficionados” and a “cult”...
Twister blows into Panida for $5 film screening
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Disaster movies have been with us almost since the beginning of film — with the 1933 earthquake-and-tsunami “adventure in speculation” Deluge generally regarded as the first. Since then, the...
BOCC Chair Omodt tenders resignation
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff District 3 Bonner County Commissioner Luke Omodt submitted his letter of resignation to the county clerk on Aug. 20 — effective Saturday, Sept. 7 — putting an early end...
Sandpoint Mayor Grimm fronts 1% local option sales tax to fund street repairs
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint residents weary of degraded street conditions throughout the city may have the opportunity to weigh in on a 1% local option sales tax that Mayor Jeremy Grimm promoted...
City OKs contract for preliminary engineering report on wastewater plant replacement
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint leaders took their latest major step toward replacing the city’s aging and obsolete wastewater treatment plant on Aug. 7, unanimously approving a contract with Keller Associates to prepare...
Leading the library
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff When the former director of the East Bonner County Library resigned in early 2024, trustees embarked on a monthslong nationwide search for a replacement. After interviewing a number of...
Back of the book: Defending the ‘weird’ from the ‘lame’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff After a lifetime of being called “weird,” it’s strange to see that word having its cultural day in the sun, though being deployed to such devastating political effect. “Weird”...
