An eye on affordability
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
For many, the prioritization of certain health care services over others is a monetary necessity. Dental work falls by the wayside in favor of paying …
Category: Business
‘A friendly place to do business’
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The Chevron station on the corner of Main Street and Highway 200 in Clark Fork has existed in that spot “since Clark Fork started selling …
2021 Gift Guide: Shopping local at the last-minute
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
True to form, I have procrastinated on most aspects of this season — including everything from the mustering of holiday spirit to the writing of …
KRFY celebrates a decade on air
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
KRFY Panhandle Community Radio — otherwise known as 88.5 FM — is celebrating 10 years on the air in 2021.
Though Sandpoint’s community radio station …
‘We’re a food truck again, but inside the restaurant’
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Before it was a popular restaurant on First Avenue, Beet and Basil was created as a food truck, offering world cuisine and fine dining in …
All roads lead to pizza
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Powderhound Pizza is back.
The beloved pizza restaurant and locals’ hangout has been absent from downtown Sandpoint since February 2019 when a fire claimed two …
Reinventing health care
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Contributor
Sometimes, a ground floor view is exactly the perspective one needs.
That’s true for individuals, and it’s true for organizations as well. That includes Kaniksu …
Landowner, developer partner to keep investors out of new N. Idaho housing development
By Kelsie Moseley-Morris
Idaho Capital Sun
Across Idaho, residents have watched helplessly as people and investors flush with cash from other states have swooped up property sight unseen for many …
Let’s show our restaurant workers some love
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Like many of you, I’ve put in my time working in the service industry. My very first job, in fact, was working as a dishwasher …
Vigilante studios moves to Sandpoint
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Contributor
Even as a toddler Zeke Rawson had a keen understanding and passion for gears and moving parts. Around 8 years old he was designing Lego …
Reader in Print
Special Report
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, November-December 2017.
GO READ IT»
STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
GO READ IT»
Curious about what media the locals use? Check our 2018 Local Media Survey. GO SEE »
Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss a Guided Virtual Reality Experience, an Evergreen Medicine for Winter Resilience class, and more! See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
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⋅ MOVIE SHOWTIMES»
⋅ SPORTS & OUTDOOR EVENTS»
⋅ YEAR CALENDAR»
Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
