The most local of days
By Ben OlsonReader Staff It was a banner day at the Sandcreek Regatta on Sept. 12. The sun was shining, most of the handmade boats floated and a new winner was crowned. The festivities...
Category: Sports and Outdoors
Schweitzer Hill Climb honors memory of local cyclist Joe Claxton
By Reader Staff It has been just over a year since local cycling enthusiast Joe Claxton passed away after a diagnosis of Stage 4 esophageal cancer, but friends, family and fellow bikers are honoring...
Emily Articulated: Reflections of fall
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist And just like that, it feels like fall. It’s not the temperature, exactly. Nor is it the reddening leaves or the turning of a calendar page. It’s the way the...
Fall Fest: Four days of music and mountain fun
By Reader Staff The 33rd annual Fall Fest returns to Schweitzer, kicking off Friday, Sept. 4 and ending Labor Day Monday, Sept. 7. The chairlift and activities open at 11 a.m. each day and...
True public wildlands protection is urgently needed. IPPLI falls far short
By Groups concerned about the IPPLIReader Contributors The Idaho Panhandle Public Lands Initiative (IPPLI) presented in the Sandpoint Reader guest editorial [Perspectives, “Idaho Panhandle Public Lands Initiative reaches landmark agreement,” July 23, 2026], would...
Shared Waters: A film for a defining moment for the Kootenai River
Jennifer EkstromReader Contributor Pollution from five mountaintop removal coal mines in the Canadian Rocky Mountains is flowing downstream through the Elk River Valley of British Columbia; into the transboundary Koocanusa Reservoir; and then into...
A Few Thoughts … On bad roads, mining and wilderness
By Sandy ComptonReader Columnist Cliff Lake lies in a stone basin at the base of St. Paul Peak near the south end of the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness (CWM). St. Paul towers over the tarn,...
Keep your eye on the rabbit, Idaho
INL cannot permanently store nuclear waste By Rep. Monica Church, D-BoiseReader Contributor There’s an old country expression my grandfather used to say: keep your eye on the rabbit, because a hunting dog that chases...
Crews work to contain local wildfires
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Firefighting crews continue to make progress on the 3,547-acre Upper Smith Fire burning 20 miles northwest of Bonners Ferry. The lightning-caused fire, burning since July 8, is listed at 30%...
Emily Articulated: Coastal
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist The overhead fan hums through my borrowed camper van, mixing with waves riding a Pacific wind. The air is cool and clean and thick with briny humidity. Sand and damp...
