The days of innocence
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
I recently interviewed a young lady named Raye Johnson for a feature story this week (read “Raye of Hope,” Page 15). To put it lightly, …
Category: Living Life
Raye of Hope
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
For the past six years, Raye Johnson has experienced a different Christmas than most 10-year-old girls. While others are home playing with their presents, sitting …
Gift Guide 2023: Weird and wonderful
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The idea of a “weird gift” might make locals reminisce on the store Zany Zebra — may it rest in peace — which sold such …
You wrestle like a girl
By Justin Henney
Reader Contributor
About nine years ago I asked my oldest daughter, Adeline (then in third or fourth grade), if she would try wrestling with a local wrestling …
Dear Sandpoint city government: Snow parking tickets and other disappointments
By Mike Jewell
Reader Contributor
I love Sandpoint but I don’t live in town. I’d either forgotten from past years or maybe never knew about the rather arcane snow parking …
A holiday vow from a cut-rate Scrooge
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but somehow over the past dozen or so years I turned into a Scrooge on Bob Cratchit wages …
Gift Guide 2023: Buying Local
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
In each December edition that comes out before Christmas, the Reader dedicates a page to help our readers figure out what the heck to buy …
The Mating Game
By Dick Sonnichsen
Reader Contributor
And God said, “It is not good for man to be alone” (Genesis 2:18), thus, initiating mating rituals that remain today — men and women …
Voices in the Wilderness
By Deb Hunsicker
Reader Contributor
“There’s some kind of animal down there.” I shift my attention from the bag of trail mix I’m focused on and scan the area my …
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Live Music, the Summer Sampler, the Art Party, Monarch Grind, the Sandpoint Renaissance Faire, and more! See the full list of events in the 
