Lost in the ’50s weekend has arrived
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Get ready for the sound of vintage motors revving, doo-wop music blaring over loudspeakers and a couple thousand people milling about downtown Sandpoint — it’s about to be Lost...
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BoCo requests grant extension for fairgrounds RV park
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The May 16 business meeting of the board of Bonner County commissioners proved to be another contentious chapter in the debate over a state-funded RV campground extension at the...
Shea wins reelection to E. Bonner Co. Library Board in heated campaign
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Bonner County voters returned a number of incumbents to office in the May 16 election for trustee positions on the East Bonner County Library and Pend Oreille Hospital District...
If you know, you know
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff To some, being invited to meet a friend at 113 Main sounds like an invitation to meet on a street corner in downtown Sandpoint. To others, it means dinner...
Learning a love for the land
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There is nothing quite so magical as another season of growth shooting through the forest floor each spring. What began as a sapling might eventually grow into a towering...
The Lumberjill: Who knew we’d be talking so much about sex at libraries
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist Once upon a time, I was a librarian. I came for the books — words are my jam, after all — but I stayed for the patrons. The...
Library officials file police report, citing online ‘threat’ to staff
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Amid the many claims and counterclaims regarding library materials considered “obscene” or otherwise “harmful” to minors — which have roiled controversy at the federal, state and local levels for...
A really good cup of coffee
By Ben Olson Reader Staff For the third time in the past decade, Evans Brothers Coffee Roasters took home a coveted Good Food Award on April 21. Known as the James Beard awards of...
The Sandpoint Eater: Gracias, universe
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist In 1977, I went to Bogota, Colombia, and fell in love — with the architecture, the people, the food and the vibrant culture, especially the cumbia (lively music and...
Mad About Science: Early rocketry
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist The first time humans took flight in an artificial aircraft occurred 120 years ago. That may seem like ancient history; but, when you consider that our primary mode of...
