By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The past year lacked anything like “Barbenheimer” in more ways than one. No two films captured the cultural imagination like Barbie and Oppenheimer did in 2023, much less ...

By Ben Olson Reader Staff Let me begin by stating how ridiculous it is that I’m the one writing this article highlighting the best albums of 2024. New music is like penicillin: It ...

WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021. GO READ IT» THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017. GO READ IT» Ever wonder who makes the Reader happen? Here ...

By Reader Staff The Pend Oreille Arts Council is ushering in the new year with Visions for 2025, a themed exhibition featuring the work of 12 local artists. The show opens Friday, Jan.

The Reader has never published its own endorsements of candidates. The closest we’ve ever come to doing so was actually a dis-endorsement I wrote of Reader co-founder and editor-emeritus John Reuter’s ...

By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners dedicated much of the Dec. 31 business meeting to discussing Sheriff Daryl Wheeler’s temporary resignation and whether the ...

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Though beach season is about as far away on the calendar as it could be, the city of Sandpoint is looking ahead to potentially staffing City Beach with ...

By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners settled a legal dispute that began January 2024, when former-Chair Luke Omodt trespassed and performed a citizen’s arrest on ...

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Lakes Commission is ringing in the new year with a meeting Thursday, Jan. 9, featuring updates on the replacement of spillway gates at Albeni Falls Dam. The ...

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Idaho lawmakers will gavel into session Monday, Jan. 6 for the first regular session of the 68th Legislature at the Capitol in Boise.  The 2025 legislative session will ...