Increased DUI patrols scheduled for Halloween
By Reader Staff Law enforcement agencies of the North Idaho DUI Task Force are teaming up to help prevent impaired driving over the Halloween weekend. Targeted DUI patrols will be out Friday, Oct. 31...
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Vote ‘yes’ for clean water: Sandpoint’s future depends on it
By Jennifer EkstromReader Contributor If you live in Sandpoint and want to be able to keep flushing your toilet, then vote “yes” for the wastewater treatment bond on Nov. 4. Built in the 1950s...
Teen Center hosts fundraiser dinner
By Reader Staff The Sandpoint Teen Center is hosting a ravioli casserole dinner fundraiser from 5:30-7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 23, where teens will prepare the casserole (similar to lasagna, but with ravioli for...
Your Health Idaho opens enrollment for 2026 health insurance
By Reader Staff The state’s health insurance marketplace, Your Health Idaho, announced the start of the enrollment period for coverage, beginning Oct. 15 and ending Dec. 15 with coverage beginning Jan. 1, 2026. Idahoans...
City Hall to host open house on wastewater plant bond measure
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Ahead of the Nov. 4 election, the city of Sandpoint is hosting an open house Saturday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. on a $130 million bond measure to replace the...
SHS students participate in coral restoration programs in the Dominican Republic
By Reader Staff Since 2019, retired environmental science teacher John Hastings has been traveling with student groups from the Sandpoint area to work on coral restoration projects in the Caribbean. The idea originated during...
‘We’re here helping our neighbors when life gets hard’
Food Bank hosts 45th anniversary fundraiser By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Bonner Community Food Bank is celebrating 45 years spent taking care of this ever-growing community with a fundraising dinner on Saturday, Oct. 11,...
Chainsaw therapy
By Ben OlsonReader Staff “Ugh,” I sighed, slamming shut my laptop. It’s a common way to end a period of scanning national news stories. Between attempts to bypass our First Amendment rights, the president...
Feel It All screening and Q&A scheduled for Mental Health Week
Ethan Murray Fund hosts pro skier, documentary filmmaker and mental health advocate By Ben OlsonReader Staff You’ve likely heard this before from those visiting resort towns like Sandpoint: “It must be paradise to live...
From citizen science to civic duty: Vote ‘yes’ for clean water
By Jennifer EkstromReader Contributor Whether it’s boating on Lake Pend Oreille, floating on the Pack River or lounging at City Beach, the best parts of summer have one thing in common: water. Water is...
