‘The city of our dreams,’ one school at a time
By Chris Corpus and Hannah Combs
Reader Contributors
She lay in bed, musing about the churches, schools and civic centers that would one day replace the wild land that surrounded …
Category: History
One room to school them all
By Chris Corpus and Hannah Combs
Reader Contributors
Scrambling onto his brother’s shoulders and waving his arms wildly in the air, he knew he could catch the teacher’s eye. Spotting …
Mysteries of the Deep: Part 3
By Chris Corpus and Hannah Combs
Reader Contributors
Her speech well rehearsed, she had just settled into a light doze when a touch of turbulence brought her back to attention. …
‘They are stealing our history’
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Museum will close its doors to the public the week of Aug. 24 to heighten security measures after several items were stolen …
Mysteries of the deep – Part 2
By Chris Corpus and Hannah Combs
Reader Contributors
The early morning light bathed the trees in light on the shores of the Pend Oreille River, and Kristoffer Solheim relaxed in …
Mysteries of the deep
By Hannah Combs
Reader Contributor
In this three-part series, we explore the formation of Lake Pend Oreille and the things that may lurk in its unknown depths.
In August 1866, …
Escape to the lake and the advent of tourism
By Chris Corpus and Hannah Combs
Reader Contributors
Laying her luggage on the bed (a real innerspring mattress, just like back home), she steps out the door and across the …
The one who Shook up City Beach
By Hannah Combs and Chris Corpus
Special to the Reader
Young Vernon Shook didn’t let anything stand in the way of his ambitions to become an engineer or doctor — …
An underground mystery
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When Heather Upton, interim director of the Bonner County History Museum, received a tip that secret rooms had been uncovered beneath the Abbott Building on …
Trees as old as time
By Hannah Combs
Reader Contributor
My first spring in Sandpoint, I visited a friend at her cabin and she wouldn’t let me leave without a visit to “the big tree.” …
Reader in Print
Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
GO READ IT»
WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
GO READ IT»
THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
GO READ IT»
STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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Curious about what media the locals use? Check our 2018 Local Media Survey. GO SEE »
Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Science fun, the Backcountry Film Festival, Insanity Fab, and more! See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
