By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff BNSF Railway has agreed to investigate car covers for coal transportation, addressing a longtime complaint of local environmental and conservation groups. Company officials announced this week that they had...
By Reader Staff Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness (FSPW) held their annual volunteer appreciation picnic in Heron, Mont., on Oct. 15. Volunteers from the 2016 season and earlier enjoyed good food, good company and...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Idaho Panhandle National Forests will issue free Christmas tree permits for fourth graders with an Every Kid in a Park pass! The free tree permit is part of...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Life in the 208 is about to get a little more cumbersome. In anticipation of the new 986 area code—which rolls out next year—officials are asking Idaho telephone users...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Despite an ongoing legal dispute between the city of Sandpoint and the Independent Highway District, street services should continue without interruption. Last week, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled that...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff There’s no end in sight to the ongoing bargaining between the Bonner General Health administration and its nurses. Negotiations are going back to the drawing board after the nurses...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Longtime Sandpoint car dealer Greg Taylor of Taylor & Sons Chevrolet was nominated for the 2017 TIME Dealer of the Year award recently. Taylor is one of a select...
By Cameron Barnes Reader Staff Cindy Marx was beginning to walk up on the stage of the 2008 Community Cancer Services fundraiser event when she was met with a full-on standing ovation. At this...
By Zach Hagadone For Boise Weekly (used by permission) Within the span of 1 minute, 54 seconds of the first 2016 presidential debate, Republican nominee Donald Trump attacked the North American Free Trade Agreement...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The last public forum of the election cycle saw local candidates sharing viewpoints on everything from health care to public lands. Hosted by the Sandpoint Reader and Sandpoint Online,...
