‘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 it to fruition. While...
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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 to understand guitar workmanship,...
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 downtown street reconstruction. Participating...
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, Begalke understands how lonely...
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 — the first section...
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 near Evans Brothers Coffee...
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 Cool Bike Baskets business....
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 the community. Are you...
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 to our little corner...
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 on what might be...
