YMCA offers free memberships to all seventh-graders
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Beginning Sunday, Sept. 1, all students entering seventh grade in the Inland Northwest will have free access to YMCAs in the region through Aug. 31, …
Category: Sports and Outdoors
With a boulder on my shoulder
By Justin Henney
Reader Contributor
I like to ride my bike uphill. But, since someone told me about an app with which you can compete against yourself or other riders …
Schweitzer Alpine Racing School open for registrations
By Jason Welker
Reader Contributor
It’s hard to imagine, but ski season is right around the corner. With two new lifts to shuttle skiers from Cedar Park to the top …
Trail Dispatches: When the ride description says “bring your bear spray,” you know you’re in for an adventure
By Jason Welker
Reader Contributor
I had seen Scott Bourassa’s posts on the Bike Bonners Ferry and Ride 7B Facebook groups for months. Each Monday a ride description is posted …
Seeing the forest for the trees
By Sharon Lewis
Reader Contributor
Have you ever experienced walking along a city street or suburban sidewalk and suddenly feeling calmer, more relaxed and maybe a little less anxious? If …
On the Lake: Lake patrol fOILed!
By Chantilly Higbee
Reader Columnist
In early July, our team was getting ready to patrol Lake Pend Oreille from our pontoon boat. As I started the motor, I knew right …
Wake, illegal buoys remain issues on local waterways
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
In recent summers, the debate over wake on Bonner County waterways has been nothing short of turbulent.
As boaters desire larger wakes for recreating, waterfront …
Sandpoint sends it
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Time to grease those bearings and perfect that kickflip. The 14th annual King of the Kongcrete skateboard competition is dropping into the Concrete Lake Skatepark …
A newcomer’s guide to Sandpoint (pt. 2)
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Every summer for the past 37 years, the Festival at Sandpoint has raised its iconic white tent and drawn folks from all over the country …
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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Community Calendars
This week in Sandpoint: Autumn Enter, if you dare … Students at LPOHS add thrills and chills to the Halloween season with The Zombie Nest Haunted House – open Friday and Saturday nights just north of Hoot Owl Cafe on Highway 200. See all happenings this week, Oct. 14-20:
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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»
