Chainsaw therapy
By Ben OlsonReader Staff “Ugh,” I sighed, slamming shut my laptop. It’s a common way to end a period of scanning national news stories. Between attempts to bypass our First Amendment rights, the president...
Category: Sports and Outdoors
Feel It All screening and Q&A scheduled for Mental Health Week
Ethan Murray Fund hosts pro skier, documentary filmmaker and mental health advocate By Ben OlsonReader Staff You’ve likely heard this before from those visiting resort towns like Sandpoint: “It must be paradise to live...
From citizen science to civic duty: Vote ‘yes’ for clean water
By Jennifer EkstromReader Contributor Whether it’s boating on Lake Pend Oreille, floating on the Pack River or lounging at City Beach, the best parts of summer have one thing in common: water. Water is...
Inaugural Sandpoint Showdown set to bring motorcycle rally to downtown
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Sandpoint will welcome a brand-new downtown event with the Sandpoint Showdown, which will fill the streets with a multi-day motorcycle rally drawing riders from near and far. Set for Friday,...
Speak up to protect Roadless Rule and preserve our national forests
By Amy AndersonReader Contributor The Roadless Rule protects 58 million acres of our most intact, unlogged national forests from road building ,which facilitates industrial logging, mining, drilling and other industrial activities. The Trump administration...
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...
A Few Thoughts… On five days in sandals
By Sandy ComptonReader Columnist A shower of sand fell from my pack as I emptied it today. The stuff is whiteish, with gray and tan highlights. In my mind, there’s a big mystery about...
Slug Tales from Zone 6: Preparing for fall
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The leaves are changing, days are shortening and nights are cooling down; autumn is right around the corner. Sandpoint’s first frost usually blankets the ground around Sept. 20, but, in...
The big swim
Sandpoint’s Kevin Woodruff swims length of lake, from Buttonhook Bay to City Beach By Ben OlsonReader Staff The fact that Kevin Woodruff is even alive is a miracle, let alone that he swam 33...
