Trail Dispatches: Trails for Economic Development
By Jason Welker
Reader Contributor
A trail is more than a place to ride a bike, walk your dog or exercise your horse. A trail is a community asset; it …
Category: Sports and Outdoors
Trail Dispatches: Trails for Health
By Deb Ruehle
Reader Contributor
“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.” …
Trail Dispatches: Trails for Conservation
By Regan Plumb
Reader Contributor
Trails may be most immediately associated with providing opportunities for fresh air and exercise, but there are more subtle factors at play just beneath the …
Sick situation
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
As hunters hit the mountains this fall on their annual mission to fill their freezers, many harbored a concern that the meat they harvested might …
A conservative approach to fixing climate change
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Bob Inglis is a rare human being.
He served as a Republican U.S. representative for South Carolina from 1993-1999 and again from 2005-2011. The American …
A car and community in common
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Mark Chevalier started Sandpoint Subies in August 2017 as a way to create regular meet-ups with fellow Subaru people — a species of car owner …
Spending time on skinny skis
By Katie Bradish
Reader Contributor
Cold snaps with temperatures in the teens hit Bonner County sooner than usual this fall. A select group of locals see the early, frosty temps …
The timeless thrill of winter stoke
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Warren Miller’s name is practically synonymous with “ski movie,” and rightly so — it’s an association cemented by 70 years of ski and snowboard films, …
Momentum builds for Bay Trail underpass
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The images are blurry and no faces are visible, but it’s clear what people are doing: two are hauling a kayak, one has an inner …
Johnson Creek closed over winter for restoration project
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Johnson Creek Access Site in Clark Fork will be closed until approximately April 1, 2020 due to the Idaho Fish and Game’s Clark Fork …
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Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
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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
Coming up this week! Don’t miss the Banff Film Festival, CHAFE150 Registration, the Reader Community Party, and more! See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
