Year in Review:
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff It’s been quite a year. From its first days to its dying gasp, 2016 was a year marked by turmoil on both a national and local level. We won’t...
Category: News
Idaho elected officials prepare for 2017 legislative session
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff With the 2017 Idaho legislative session due to kick off Jan. 9, Idaho lawmakers will decide how to use an unexpected windfall in tax revenue. In the wake of...
Idaho charts third-highest growth rate in US
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Congratulations, Idaho, you’re moving on up. Idaho economists reported this week that Idaho experienced the third-highest growth rate in the nation between between mid-2015 and mid-2016. Only Utah and...
Whitefish residents brace for white nationalist march
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Just across state lines, residents of Whitefish, Mont., are mobilizing against a possible armed demonstration by white nationalists. The small ski town, a familiar setting to any Sandpoint resident,...
Sky House: a warm place at the top of the world
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Gorgeous vistas, rugged trails and access to the best skiing for miles: the Schweitzer Mountain summit is already famous for these qualities. Amenities like a fully stocked bar, sewer...
Warm Hearts drive aids homeless shelters
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff For its second year, Columbia Bank is helping keep the holidays warm for local homeless individuals. Launched last week, the drive is collecting donations of both cash and winter...
Study finds land use agreements, division
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A newly released report finds both disagreements and common ground among Bonner County property owners when it comes to land use issues. Conducted by the University of Utah’s Environmental...
Kaniksu Land Trust launches ‘Pine Street Woods’ campaign
By Reader Staff For a town that is surrounded by outlying national forests and public lands, Sandpoint has only a few undeveloped natural areas that are close by and available to city residents without...
Quest CEO announces retirement
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Quest Aircraft Company has announced Samuel Hill is planning to retire as CEO after Jan. 1, 2017. Skies Magazine reported that the transition has been long planned as part...
Sen. Risch introduces Scotchman wilderness bill
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff After years of work, local conservation activists are celebrating a newly-introduced federal bill to enshrine the Scotchman Peaks as wilderness. Introduced last week by U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, the...
