Long live the cemetery
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff In May, the Hope Cemetery puts on a show. Thanks to volunteer clean-up efforts, the freshly-pruned lilacs are able to thrive. With undergrowth now tamed, some hidden headstones are...
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US-2 construction begins May 30
By Reader Staff Construction will begin Tuesday, May 30 to widen U.S. Highway 2 south of its interchange with U.S. Highway 95 in Sandpoint. Crews will build another lane for southbound traffic between the...
Draft recreation plan for Little Sand Creek Watershed open for public feedback
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff After a year of planning among federal, state and local agencies, the city of Sandpoint is preparing to finalize its recreation plan for the Little Sand Creek Watershed, which...
BoCo Fair Board says it ‘cannot accept the grant’ for hotly debated RV park
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff It’s been nearly a year since a grant from the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation launched a debate over the future of property located between the fairgrounds and...
The Sandpoint Eater: Taking stalk
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Once spring had finally sprung, I walked around the yard to see how my perennials fared through the crazy winter (and aborted attempts at spring). I belong to a...
Planting the seed
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff There’s a green thumb hard at work in the Sandpoint library’s garden. Hired this spring to take the community space to the next level and help improve education surrounding...
Mad About Science: Chocolate
By Brenden Bobby Reader Contributor I think everyone’s overdue for a little comfort food, and what better food to comfort one’s soul than chocolate? Chocolate has a long and storied history, dating back to...
Litehouse YMCA, city of Sandpoint seeking lifeguards for the season
By Ben Olson Reader Staff An integral part of the summer season in Sandpoint involves recreating in Lake Pend Oreille, which requires a number of lifeguards to ensure everyone exits the water safely at...
Lost in the ’50s weekend has arrived
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Get ready for the sound of vintage motors revving, doo-wop music blaring over loudspeakers and a couple thousand people milling about downtown Sandpoint — it’s about to be Lost...
BoCo requests grant extension for fairgrounds RV park
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The May 16 business meeting of the board of Bonner County commissioners proved to be another contentious chapter in the debate over a state-funded RV campground extension at the...
