By Ben Olson Reader Staff You can’t judge a book by its cover, but you can certainly judge a good bookstore by its owner. Since 1997, Sandpoint has been fortunate to have Jim ...

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Sandpoint woman charged with setting a fire on July 4, 2024 that leveled the Army Surplus 1 store on Fifth Avenue and Oak Street has amended her ...

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A proposed mixed-use development on Church Street would bring 48 one-bedroom and studio apartment units and 618 square feet of commercial space to downtown, but no ...

By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Demonstrators filled downtown Sandpoint on Saturday, April 5, carrying hundreds of colorful signs protesting the Trump administration’s recent mass federal layoffs ...

By Reader Staff The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host a public informational meeting Thursday, May 1 from 6-8 p.m. at the Ponderay Events Center (401 Bonner Mall Way). Representatives will share ...

Sandpoint has churned out an uncanny number of talented snowsports athletes over the years, and it’s always thrilling to watch skiers and snowboarders raised on the slopes of Schweitzer go on to ...

By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist I was frequently lectured in elementary school for my bathroom humor. “No one is supposed to think about poop!” I was often told. It turns out that a ...

I turned 74 last week, and I’m thinking of turning away from political commentary. I have tried for 25-plus years to get people to think for themselves about who will be the best leader for the future ...

Roads in Bonner County come in a lot of varieties — from dirt and gravel to asphalt concrete, and something that looks like it just got bombed out during a military shock-and-awe campaign. So what ...

By Ed Ohlweiler Reader Contributor When winter temperatures get into the 40s, I find myself excitedly wiggling into a wetsuit; which, despite being thin (the wetsuit, not me), proves surprisingly ...

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Most sources credit Jean-Jacques Rousseau with writing, “When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich.” No one knows for certain whether he ...