By Ben Olson Reader Staff Bonner County Commissioner Asia Williams began the June 24 BOCC business meeting with an announcement that the board had taken action after receiving an alleged threat. “Last ...

Americans of all political stripes have been in an uproar over a proposal in the budget reconciliation bill currently before the U.S. Senate that initially would have put about 250 million acres of ...

I didn’t know much about the Balkans before this trip, aside from the fact that it is a deep and complex region of the world with roots that go back to the cradle of civilization. The name “Balkan” ...

Sandpoint joined more than 2,100 communities that drew an estimated 5 million people to the streets nationwide to demonstrate against President Donald Trump’s administration on June 14 for “No Kings” ...

The Bonner County board of commissioners held a special meeting June 16 to consider seven new area of impact map proposals for the cities of Sandpoint, Dover, Kootenai, Ponderay, Hope, East Hope and ...

Two months after Sandpoint resident Jennifer S. Meyer amended her plea to guilty of second degree arson in the July 4, 2024 fire that destroyed the Army Surplus store formerly on Fifth Avenue and Oak ...

I wrote a snippet titled, “On a more bitter note…” in the June 12 “Junk Drawer,” wherein I argued that members of my generation are doing the best we can to fix the broken world into which we were ...

Dozens of community members — including officials with Lake Pend Oreille School District — gathered June 9 at Sandpoint High School to break ground on the Career Technical Education Center of North ...

By Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint announced a new show to its lineup that’s all about local music. Community Night features bands from around the region playing on the iconic Festival stage ...

By Reader Staff After years of gigging as a musician, Grant Winkels finally convinced himself that he was funny. The Minneapolis-based stand-up comic will try to convince Sandpoint of the same at a ...

It was a trip I’d been anticipating for months — the mountains, my dad and me. We had one goal in mind: hike deep into the woods, camp at an alpine secret lake and spend a few days fishing, walking ...

For Steve Poltz, every show seems to be the greatest show of his life. The Nova Scotia-born troubadour has quietly emerged as a live phenomenon on the North American festival circuit as a performer ...