Author: Ben Olson

Deer trapping renewed at airport

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The city renewed deer hunting and trapping activity at Sandpoint Airport Wednesday night. With any luck, however, it won’t need the program much longer. An ongoing effort since November...

City passes noise ordinance

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Sandpoint council members reformed the city’s noise ordinance Wednesday night, the latest in a series of efforts to clamp down on public disturbances. Significantly more detailed than the city...

Feeling Tipsy?

By Cameron Barnes Reader Staff If you haven’t heard Sandpoint’s own Still Tipsy and the Hangovers you haven’t made the most of the local bar scene. Either that, or you had a few too...

The trees of the Long Bridge

By Cate Huisman Reader Contributor The majority of the denizens who enjoy walking or cycling across the old Long Bridge have no idea how precarious its existence is. It’s not that it’s about to...

The Beehive Five:

By Jen Heller Reader Contributor Towards summer’s end, as the sunlight hours shrink and the tourists begin to disappear, there’s always that urge for one last BIG adventure before the snow falls. Maybe a...

Mad about Science:

By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Ever since Pokemon GO! came out, you’ve probably come to love your phone’s GPS. It helps you find that Pikachu you’ve spent the past hours crawling through your neighbor’s...

Got Wood?

By Kevin Davis, USFS Reader Contributor Picture a healthy river or stream with cold, clear water running over boulders and cobbles through a shady corridor of tall evergreen trees with overhanging shrubs lining the...