Tervan Tavern goes non-smoking
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Tervan Tavern, one of Sandpoint’s oldest bars, is making a change. Starting June 1, the Tervan will transition to non-smoking, leaving the Sand Bar …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Tervan Tavern, one of Sandpoint’s oldest bars, is making a change. Starting June 1, the Tervan will transition to non-smoking, leaving the Sand Bar …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It will be another summer season without lifeguards manning the stands at City Beach, with officials citing “the demographic and shifting employment environment over the …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Colonel Kathryn Sanborn visited Albeni Falls Dam near Oldtown on May 21 to tour the site and answer questions about …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
As far as Sandpoint sports legends go, Jerry Kramer is at the top of the list. Right after graduating from Sandpoint High School in 1958, …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It has been about a month since Sandpoint Mayor Jeremy Grimm broke a tie vote of the City Council to start the clock on disengaging …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Voting in the 2024 primary election will take place in person at the polls from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21, though …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The Bonner County board of commissioners appointed resident Quentin Ducken to the Bonner County Fair Board at their Tuesday, May 7 meeting, filling a position …
By Zach Hagadone and Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Candidates for District 1 Idaho Senate and District 1 Idaho House Seats A and B gathered at the Sandpoint High School auditorium …
By Darrell Ehrlick
Daily Montanan
A prediction, several years in the making, came true on April 8 when an alliance of nearly a dozen conservation groups filed suit against the …
By Reader Staff
The Lake Pend Oreille School District is among 31 other districts and charter schools around the state that will receive funding to install vape detectors in high …
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