Category: Community Happenings
By Mack Deibel Reader Contributor Mickey and Duffy Mahoney are poised to celebrate another anniversary of MickDuff’s Brewing Co. and 15 years of brewing in Sandpoint. So much has changed in 15 years, including...
By Reader Staff The Bonner County Human Rights Task Force is offering two human rights scholarships to graduating seniors in Bonner County. The Darby and Amber Campbell Memorial Scholarship varies from $500 to $2,500,...
By Reader Staff How does a seven-day escape to Los Cabos, complete with two roundtrip airline tickets and other amenities sound? Sandpoint Rotarians kicked off raffle sales for the Great Escape 2021 this week....
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Most great ideas are born of necessity. The East Bonner County Library District’s Bookmobile is no different. Library Director Ann Nichols said the district purchased the beloved bus in...
By Reader Staff The Angels Over Sandpoint has presented a New Direction Grant from the Amber Coffman Campbell Memorial Fund to Amanda Knapp. The grant is presented to a Bonner County resident who has...
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor Skip Lassen and Jenny Post, like many rural North Idaho residents, found their dream homes in the woods, miles from town. Lassen’s home is off the grid on 50...
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor The “Zoom boom” economy has exploded in Bonner County — one of many western outdoorsy communities getting flooded with “amenity migrants” seeking a better and, for some, a more affordable...
By Reader Staff The Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the winners of the third annual Holiday Window Decorating Competition. The winners will receive free advertising courtesy of our generous donors,...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff It’s a balmy 40-degree January morning in Sandpoint, and Dan Wimberly and his volunteer construction crew are hard at work building a Habitat for Humanity home for a local family...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff If there’s one word that encapsulates the Carousel of Smiles restoration project for Reno Hutchison, it’s “magic.” Reno and her husband Clay have brought the restoration of this one-of-a-kind...