TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022. GO READ IT» WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021. GO READ IT» THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, ...

The Bonner County Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting with representatives from Panhandle Health District on Monday, Feb. 23, at 1 p.m. to discuss a recent audit of the district’s ...

The Community Assistance League’s 25th annual rummage sale wrapped up in November 2005. As volunteers faced yet another mountain of high-quality leftovers with nowhere to go, Joyce Spiller circulated ...

At a Feb. 5 land use hearing, Bonner County Board of Commissioners Chair Brian Domke admitted that the county is not “able to currently locate” the official zoning district map, adopted by the BOCC in ...

As of November 2025, 60-70% of U.S. citizens said our country is headed in the wrong direction. In fact, according to the Pew Research Center, since 1964 polls have shown more than 50% have had a lack ...

At both the state and federal levels, leaders frequently emphasize affordability, economic growth and the importance of letting hard work pay off. Those goals are broadly shared. Yet across Idaho, a ...

I have to hand it to the Bonner County commissioners for shutting down the Panhandle Bike Ranch. It’s about time we got some common sense back in the woods. Living in one of the nation’s most ...

The first winter ascent of Chimney Rock was driven by a fierce but friendly competition between Chris Kopczynski, John Roskelley and Jim Spearman — all from Spokane. Over the course of five years, ...

Schweitzer Ski Patrol invites Sandpoint community to third annual XYZ Hoedown By Reader Staff The Schweitzer Ski Patrol Resiliency Team recently announced the return of the third annual XYZ Hoedown, ...

The jewel thieves at the Louvre captured international attention for their brazenness in stealing some of France’s most treasured possessions. In terms of national treasures in the U.S., we don’t have ...

Our legislative session kicked off in Idaho this week. Buckle up. Last year, more than 1,000 bills were written, 789 bills published, about 350 voted on, 322 became law and all in fewer than 90 days.

Here we present the winners of the fifth annual Sandpoint Reader 208 Fiction contest, in which we invited writers to submit a work of fiction totaling exactly 208 words for consideration by a panel of ...