Fat biking in North Idaho
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Chances are you’ve seen someone biking around town or on snowy trails with a fat-tire bicycle. If you’ve ever wondered what they are all about …
Category: Sports and Outdoors
Let’s hear it for the (winter) birds
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Is there any more pleasant sight than flocks of migrating birds taking wing and flying overhead in magnificent V-shaped formations, bound for their wintertime southern …
Three nights of mountain bliss
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It’s time once again for all outdoor enthusiasts to gather at the altar of winter sport to herald in another year of movies from the …
KLT and SNC opens new outdoor rec center at PSW
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It’s been a stellar first year for Pine Street Woods, the 180-acre gift to the community from Kaniksu Land Trust. Featuring year-round trails through rolling …
Christmas Bird Count, 120 years in the making
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Prior to the turn of the 20thcentury, a holiday tradition known as the Christmas “Side Hunt” was popular among hunters. Participants would choose sides and …
Trail Dispatches: Sherwood Forest to Pine Street Woods
By Regan Plumb
Reader Contributor
If you are a Sandpoint area dog walker, trail runner, woods walker, mountain biker or all of the above, you are likely acquainted with Sherwood …
The white stuff
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Ever wonder why there are so many different kinds of snowflakes? Different conditions in the atmosphere create different kinds of snow, which can have big …
Mad About Science: Skis
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
It’s that time of the year again, when half the area’s population grumbles about the encroaching snow that must be heaved from our driveways, while …
Tapping into the root
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
As the cold nights swallow shorter and shorter days, chimneys begin to emit those comforting puffs of smoke from winter fires within. It’s wood-burning season …
Big adventure on the big screen
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Let’s admit it — backcountry winter adventures are not for everyone. But watching incredible feats of exploration play out on the big screen while knowing …
Reader in Print
Special Report
THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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Community Calendars
This week in Sandpoint: Schweitzer’s the place to be over the three-day MLK holiday weekend with the Northern Lights Spectacular on Saturday night, twilight skiing, kids’ activities, live music, and more! See all events happening this week, Jan. 13-20:
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Sandpoint in Pictures
November’s Sandpoint in Pictures winner. There is a touching sentiment behind this photo, which captured November’s photo contest prize. And a new contest is in full swing for December, too. Submit a photo, see local pics, and vote at SandpointPictures.com»
