By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff. 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 ...

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 Ben Olson Reader Staff. Four years ago, a few friends who shared a common love for bicycles quietly opened a bike shop in Sandpoint. Tucked behind the Horizon Credit Union between Fourth and Fifth ...

In the months leading to the infamous 2017 Unite the Right tiki-torch rally in Charlottesville, Va., then-talk radio host Dave Reilly had some messaging-strategy tips for the attendees from the ...

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By Soncirey Mitchell and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff. Following the controversial citizen’s arrest and trespassing of county residents Dave Bowman and Rick Cramer on Jan. 26 by Luke Omodt, chair of the ...

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The last time I went up in a small aircraft from the Sandpoint Airport had to have been sometime between 2001 and 2002. A high-school friend of mine was ...

The current BOCC, which includes Commissioners Steve Bradshaw, Luke Omodt and Asia Williams, came in like a lion in January 2023. For example, former-News Editor Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey wrote on Jan. 26 ...

By Reader Staff. Editor’s note: Kaylee Peterson has been campaigning as a Democrat against Republican U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher since 2022. Amid a swing through 10 counties in Idaho in 10 days, she ...

If you are paying any attention to the downward spiral of our country, then you’re feeling a sense of grief. This grief also shows up as outrage, which is valid when outrageous things are happening.

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff. Idaho Supreme Court justices ruled unanimously in June 2023 that the Festival at Sandpoint had the right to ban firearms on city-owned War Memorial Field during the term ...

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff. While the smoke has cleared, the rubble remains — as well as an investigation into a fire July 4 that authorities believe was set deliberately and resulted in the total ...