Help wanted at the arboretum
By Cate Huisman Reader Contributor If you had visited Sandpoint’s public library 20 years ago this spring, you might have seen a notice posted there: •Interested in the native plants of North Idaho? •Would...
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101 Women grant cycle opens
By Reader Staff A $10,000 grant award is once again up for grabs to area nonprofits. The organization 101 Women Sandpoint recently opened their fall grant cycle and is encouraging Bonner County nonprofits to...
Music Without Borders:
By McCalee Cain Reader Intern The woodwind section cheerily buzzes their mouthpieces, the string section waits anxiously with their bows upright in rest position, and the sound of young musicians tittering excitedly in both...
Coal stands out in Avista’s long-term energy plan
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Coal has become an emblem of America’s divided culture. President Donald Trump wields the fossil fuel as a symbol of the forgotten working-class man. But for environmental progressives, the...
Scotchman Peaks workshop draws hundreds
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Public interest in the proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness shows no sign of waning, with hundreds turning out Tuesday night for a second public meeting at Clark Fork High School....
Pulitzer-Prize winner Robinson lends her voice to Reclaim Idaho
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer Of the many things to which Sandpoint claims fame, one of the most underrated must be Marilynne Robinson. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and accomplished scholar, who is also...
Q & A with CHAFE 150 co-winner Scott Rulander
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Editor’s Note: Scott Rulander finished the CHAFE 150 Gran Fondo at the head of the pack, tying with Scott Starbuck for first place with a finishing time of 7...
Museum features movies in the park
By Reader Staff The Bonner County History Museum is excited to announce the summer 2017 “Movies in the Park” schedule. Presented in partnership with Pine Street Dental, and the Sandpoint Department of Parks and...
‘Live Your Dreams’ scholarship winner announced
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Lauren Sfeir brings a unique perspective to Sandpoint, which is always a useful trait as an artist. Raised in Beirut, she moved to North Idaho with her family to...
Mad About Science: Gladiators
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist You may know me as the fantasy-loving nerd always crying about climate change and telling you to go hug trees or pet a dolphin or whatever, but what you...
