SARS: Learning to fly on top of the mountain
By Jason Welker
Reader Contributor
While winter has intensified in recent weeks down here in town plenty of exciting action has been taking place up on Schweitzer Mountain, with hundreds …
Category: Sports and Outdoors
2019 Winter Carnival at a glance
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The groundhog may have delivered good news of an early spring last week, but here in Sandpoint, it almost feels like the cold, dark season …
WE Yoga: Where connection and community are key
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The studio located upstairs at 104 Pine Street has been many things.
A dance studio. A pilates studio. A bunkhouse for Schweitzer employees. An apartment.…
Wolf traps should be placed further from trails
By Gabrielle Duebendorfer
Reader Contributor
One of my dogs recently got caught in a wolf trap for the second time in the last few years. The first time it was …
Trail Dispatches: Introducing Trail Mix
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Staff
About four years ago, locals who work on building and maintaining trails, and those who love to hike, bike, commute and ski on those trails, …
Fatty Flurry Fest
By Reader Staff
Have you always wanted to try one of those fat bikes, but you’ve never had the chance yet? Have no fear, the fifth annual Fatty Flurry Fest …
Fractured Lines: Persistent weak layers
By Tom Eddy
Reader Columnist
There can be no avalanche without the failure of a weak layer within the snowpack. In an ideal world, all of our snow would fall …
CHAFE 150 Gran Fondo expands
Reader Staff
It’s going to be a good year for cycling.
The CHAFE 150 Gran Fondo, recently touted as one of the nation’s top charity bike rides by Bicycling Magazine, …
Reader in Print
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 a Valentine’s Party, Living Voices, an Opera Soiree, 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.
