By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Investigations continue into the fire that destroyed two historic downtown buildings and damaged another. According to Sandpoint City Administrator Jennifer Stapleton, fire marshals are focusing their efforts on the...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The nearly century-old bridge over Strong Creek in Hope is slated for replacement in coming weeks — a project that will alter travel through the area into the summer...
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Suzanne Davis has been the children’s librarian at the Sandpoint branch of the East Bonner County Library District for 13 years. She was the first friend I made in...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist This cold has been no fun! Who wants to work around outside when the wind is blowing and it’s cold enough to give your fingers frostbite in under half...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to hold a reconsideration hearing regarding the asphalt batch plant slated for the Linscott gravel pit in Sagle. The reconsideration comes at the...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The Sandpoint community reacted with heartbreak and condolences Monday morning to the loss of five local downtown businesses in a fire that sparked around 1 a.m. According to Sandpoint...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It can happen anytime. There you are, sitting at your desk peacefully, trying to be a productive member of society when suddenly hundreds of rubber ducks are unleashed into...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The groundhog may have delivered good news of an early spring last week, but here in Sandpoint, it almost feels like the cold, dark season has just begun. Old...
By Shannon Williamson Reader Columnist It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and love is in the air! More importantly, pentachlorophenol is still flowing into Sand Creek, and we think that sucks. I don’t mean to be...
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Billionaires only began to exist around a century ago, starting with “oil magnate” John D. Rockefeller in 1916. Today there are around 2,500 billionaires, and they still skim the...
