Dozens of community members — including officials with Lake Pend Oreille School District — gathered June 9 at Sandpoint High School to break ground on the Career Technical Education Center of North ...

By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff. I wrote a snippet titled, “On a more bitter note…” in the June 12 “Junk Drawer,” wherein I argued that members of my generation are doing the best we can to fix the ...

By Ben Olson Reader Staff. Four years ago, a few friends who shared a common love for bicycles quietly opened a bike shop in Sandpoint. Tucked behind the Horizon Credit Union between Fourth and Fifth ...

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff. First responders with Selkirk Fire & Rescue battled a blaze May 27 that grew to include multiple structures and vehicles, as well as about five acres of vegetation, ...

In the months leading to the infamous 2017 Unite the Right tiki-torch rally in Charlottesville, Va., then-talk radio host Dave Reilly had some messaging-strategy tips for the attendees from the ...

By Soncirey Mitchell and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff. Following the controversial citizen’s arrest and trespassing of county residents Dave Bowman and Rick Cramer on Jan. 26 by Luke Omodt, chair of the ...

By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Author’s note: The numbers referenced in this article are a reflection of the Nvidia 30 series graphics cards. GPUs, or graphics processing units, have made headlines ...

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The current BOCC, which includes Commissioners Steve Bradshaw, Luke Omodt and Asia Williams, came in like a lion in January 2023. For example, former-News Editor Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey wrote on Jan. 26 ...

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The last time I went up in a small aircraft from the Sandpoint Airport had to have been sometime between 2001 and 2002. A high-school friend of mine was ...

Disclosure: I have not seen this movie, but it’s opening Friday, May 30 in select theaters and nationwide Friday, June 6. I have, however, seen every other Wes Anderson movie since The Royal ...

If the renovation of the historic Carousel of Smiles was a horse race, it would be rounding the bend and heading for the home stretch. Restoration of the classic 1920 Allan Herschell carousel began in ...