Groups urge reconsideration of Trestle Creek development
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
A handful of local conservation groups are joining forces to push back against a marina development planned for the Trestle Creek area of Hope, arguing …
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Panida announces new leadership, to embark on strategic planning for the future
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint’s oldest arts institution is under new management, as the Panida Theater announced in late-February a slate of new board members as well as the …
Past, present, pandemic
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Messages surrounding the novel coronavirus pandemic in Idaho are becoming increasingly more optimistic, with Gov. Brad Little taking a tone of near-victory in a March …
Levy votes on the ballot in area school districts
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
School districts around the state are seeking almost $300 million in funding from bond elections or property tax levies on Tuesday, March 9, with voters …
MT Supreme Court approves Rock Cr. mine water permit
By Reader Staff
The legal battle over a water use permit for a proposed Montana silver and copper mine saw an about-face on Feb. 17, as the Montana Supreme Court …
Application for Whiskey Jack Arts Venue pulled
By Reader Staff
A proposed arts venue off Whiskey Jack Road along the Boyer Slough is no longer under consideration, after the family behind the project has chosen to pull …
Sandpoint man who allegedly took part in Jan. 6 Capitol ‘insurrection’ facing multiple felonies, misdemeanors
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Additional details are emerging in the case against brothers William and Michael Pope — the latter a Sandpoint resident — alleging five misdemeanor and two …
Initiative bill passes Senate as opposition grows
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As opposition mounts to an Idaho Senate bill that would tighten requirements for placing a citizens’ initiative on the ballot, the measure passed the chamber …
Zoom Boom: Tensions between regulation and deregulation
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
The “Zoom boom” economy has exploded in Bonner County — one of many western outdoorsy communities getting flooded with “amenity migrants” seeking a better and, …
Here We Have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Wrongful conviction
More than halfway through the 2021 Idaho legislative session only two measures have made their way out of both chambers and onto the …
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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.
