A few thoughts… On spring in the Norther Rockies
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
It seems to be spring. Winter wasn’t so great, as winters go; after too many days of skiing last season, I’ve not had enough this …
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Sundown state
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
If you want a master class is hypocrisy and cynicism — and ever need a handy example for what irony truly is — look at …
Internal combustion therapy
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Every spring for the past 20 years or so, around the time when the weather turns warm in earnest, I mark a personal seasonal resurrection: …
A Few Thoughts… On sergeants, generals and firefights
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
In Missoula is a house on North Street referred to by its occupants as the Food Shack. It’s home to college students, recent graduates and …
To all the books I’ve loved before
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
After Ötzi the Iceman was discovered frozen in the Eastern Italian Alps, scientists examined the contents of his stomach to learn what types of foods …
Idaho’s militant fringe is trying to build a private army
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’s been a bad run of years for a lot of reasons, but one particularly insidious trend has been eroding the substructures of civil society …
A Few Thoughts… On Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and world domination
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Questions: Why does halftime at the Super Bowl last 100 years and feature stuff football fans have no interest in? Is it just me, or …
On motherhood
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
This missive has made it into the pages of the Reader against all odds from a world so far removed from reality that time and …
Sister of Eve
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Nana made our clothes until her hands couldn’t hold the thread. She dedicated her downstairs living room to the craft: pins and needles scattered across …
From resolve to dissolve
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When I took a philosophy class a long time ago, one of the students asked our professor how he planned to observe the new year. …
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 