City Beach Lady Liberty statue going in for repairs
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Few other Sandpoint landmarks are more photographed than the replica of Lady Liberty at the end of the City Beach pier — however, those snapshots …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Few other Sandpoint landmarks are more photographed than the replica of Lady Liberty at the end of the City Beach pier — however, those snapshots …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
A patrol rescue boat belonging to the Bonner County Sheriff Marine Division is out of commission following a July incident of “rough seas,” during which …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The West Bonner County Library District got its wish for a boundary expansion, following the vote at an Aug. 20 joint meeting of its board …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
District 3 Bonner County Commissioner Luke Omodt submitted his letter of resignation to the county clerk on Aug. 20 — effective Saturday, Sept. 7 — …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
The idea of a powered human exoskeleton is an old one. Sigourney Weaver whooping the crap out of the xenomorph queen with a power loader …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
I’ve started a cult.
I began laying the foundations of my church in March when I rediscovered the Vitruvian food that is the grilled cheese …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The horses have finally found a home. In 2016, after Clay and Reno Hutchison unpacked two trailers and brought an intact 1920 Allan Herschell carousel …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The Northwest’s favorite theater group, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, will return to Sandpoint for a free, open-air performance of the Bard’s magnum opus, Hamlet…
By Reader Staff
The Music Conservatory of Sandpoint will welcome back internationally recognized Maestro Jan Pellant to Sandpoint for its first-ever Global Concert for a Cause, scheduled for Friday, Aug. …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Astute bird-watchers and casual backyard feeders may have the occasional good fortune to witness a brilliant feathered neighbor darting between the branches: the western tanager.…
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