Happy trails
FSPW founding Director Phil Hough passes the torch to Rose Olson By Zach HagadoneReader Staff For 21 years, Phil Hough has been the face — and motive power — behind Friends of Scotchman Peaks...
Category: On The Lake
Reminder: Lakes Commission to meet Oct. 30, including LPO economic study results
By Reader Staff The Lakes Commission will host its fall meeting on Thursday, Oct. 30, gathering from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the first-floor conference room of the Sandpoint Center (414 Church St.). Lakes Commission...
Vote ‘yes’ for clean water: Sandpoint’s future depends on it
By Jennifer EkstromReader Contributor If you live in Sandpoint and want to be able to keep flushing your toilet, then vote “yes” for the wastewater treatment bond on Nov. 4. Built in the 1950s...
Lakes Commission fall meeting will include LPO economic impact analysis
By Reader Staff The Lakes Commission will hold its fall meeting Thursday, Oct. 30, with a full agenda in the first-floor conference room of the Sandpoint Center (414 Church St.). Beginning with an introduction...
City Hall to host open house on wastewater plant bond measure
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Ahead of the Nov. 4 election, the city of Sandpoint is hosting an open house Saturday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. on a $130 million bond measure to replace the...
SHS students participate in coral restoration programs in the Dominican Republic
By Reader Staff Since 2019, retired environmental science teacher John Hastings has been traveling with student groups from the Sandpoint area to work on coral restoration projects in the Caribbean. The idea originated during...
Dist. 1 update
Efforts continue on Albeni Falls Dam, lake level issues By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-SandpointReader Contributor With the fall season upon us, I thought it was time to give an update of an important issue...
Lake drawdown to begin Sept. 22
By Reader Staff Lake Pend Oreille will remain at summer pool elevation — 2,062-2,062.5 feet — through Sunday, Sept. 21, with the gradual fall drawdown to begin Monday, Sept. 22. The U.S. Army Corps...
Homemade ‘boats’ to gather for 6th annual Sandcreek Regatta
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The Sandcreek Cup is getting dusty in the Reader’s office window, which means it’s time for the Sandcreek Regatta boat race — this year marking its sixth annual run up...
We all have a role in safeguarding North Idaho’s water
By Jennifer EkstromReader Contributor I’m once again marveling about how fortunate we are to live among the breathtaking lakes and rivers of North Idaho. These waterways provide so much: swimming and boating opportunities, drinking...
