PORPA Sprints celebrates non-motorized watercraft
By Reader Staff Paddlers and water lovers should head down to the Mudhole — a.k.a. the Priest River Recreation Area off of Highway 2 — on Saturday, Aug. 8 for the Pend Oreille Rowing...
Category: On The Lake
Idaho Panhandle Public Lands Initiative reaches landmark agreement
By Brad SmithReader Contributor The strong public backlash to congressional proposals to sell public lands last year demonstrated that Idahoans of many backgrounds cherish our national forests and rangelands. Whether for recreation, wildlife, clean...
Averill Hospitality files new plan for City Beach resort hotel
Revamped concept would ‘renovate and modernize’ existing Edgewater with addition of condo tower By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Averill Hospitality has dramatically altered its plans for a resort hotel at the current site of the...
Rise of the Pend Oreille Phoenix
Terry Anderson launches his final boat after a lifetime of tinkering and building By Ben OlsonReader Staff For most people, dragging a 50-foot long and 20-foot-wide sailboat down an incline into the lake using...
Pedestrian Long Bridge reopens
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The pedestrian portion of the Long Bridge is again open to non-motorized traffic, less than a month and half after the Idaho Transportation Department closed the span due to deterioration...
Mad about Science: The Zanclean Flood
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist Tales of massive floods are a feature of virtually every religion in the history of humankind. The idea of a flood that can move mountains is a terrifying prospect, but...
Semiquincentennial celebrations
Where to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary By Reader Staff Communities across the nation are coming together to celebrate America’s 250th — or semiquincentennial — anniversary Saturday, July 4 with all the necessary fireworks, barbecues, pomp...
Water is our way of life, but it doesn’t protect itself
ICL’s water quality stewards are on the case By Caitlyn EmbreeReader Contributor Lake Pend Oreille is the heart and soul of Sandpoint. If you live here, you recreate (and rely) on the water in...
Project 7B soliciting input on pedestrian Long Bridge closure
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Following the closure of the Long Bridge pedestrian bridge in early June, nonprofit organization Project 7B, which advocates for responsible land use in Bonner County, has launched a community survey...
Dogsmile Adventures returns to the Race to Alaska
By Reader Staff Follow Dogsmile Adventures, a therapeutic sailing nonprofit based on Lake Pend Oreille, as it participates in the 2026 Race to Alaska. The race covers 750 cold-water miles from Port Townsend, Wash.,...
