‘Community over competition’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Artists have a reputation for toiling alone, pouring their creative energies into their work in a solitary struggle between their vision and ability to bring …
Category: Business
A second life on Second Avenue
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
For Scott Wilburn, music is a family matter. From his childhood as the son of a church organist to the way he’s raised his kids …
First Friday event benefits downtown
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Construction got you down? Head downtown Friday, Oct. 4 from 4-7 p.m. for the Sandpoint Shopping District’s “First Friday Event,” celebrating local merchants affected by …
Katie Begalke: Reaching out to women in need
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The road to healing from personal trauma is a long one. And for Katie Begalke, it led to Sandpoint.
The survivor of an abusive marriage, …
Get ready to rubble
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Crews led by city-contracted construction firm Sonray Enterprises will close Cedar Street from Second Avenue to First Avenue and Main Street beginning Tuesday, Sept. 3 …
A carnival for the kiddos
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Coming off a successful inaugural event, the Kids Carnival will be back in Sandpoint on Saturday, Aug. 24 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at The Granary …
Form, function, hustle and tradition
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Beneath a brilliant teal tent at the Saturday Sandpoint Farmers’ Market, Jennah Lucht is combining old-school basket weaving with modern-day needs at her aptly named …
What’s new? pt. 5
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Editor’s Note: New businesses are springing up all over Sandpoint this summer, and here at the Reader, we’re making an effort to introduce them to …
A newcomer’s guide to Sandpoint
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Every summer for the past 37 years, the Festival at Sandpoint has raised its iconic white tent and drawn folks from all over the country …
A line at the beach
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
His back to the bank of windows that fill the east-facing side of Trinity at City Beach, Justin Dick hardly looked like he was sitting …
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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This week in Sandpoint: All manner of ghouls and goblins are invited to the 2nd Annual Haunted Hope Halloween Carnival with prizes, games, costume contests, face painting, pumpkin decorating and more (plus beer tastings for the parents)! See all happenings this week, Oct. 21-27:
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Sandpoint in Pictures
November’s Sandpoint in Pictures winner. There is a touching sentiment behind this photo, which captured November’s photo contest prize. And a new contest is in full swing for December, too. Submit a photo, see local pics, and vote at SandpointPictures.com»
