By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When Paige and Nick Belfry moved to Sandpoint, they asked residents what the community was missing. One suggestion? People in Sandpoint needed something better to do with their plant-based...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners approved an application for funding through the U.S. Forest Service Resource Advisory Committee on Nov. 3, which would enable the Bonner County Parks and Waterways Department...
By Reader Staff The Youth Recreational Ski Team is an eight-week program that offers kids from 6 to 18 years of age the opportunity to learn and enjoy cross-country skiing. Coaches and adult volunteers...
By Reader Staff The annual Schweitzer Alpine Racing School Sandpoint Ski Swap has been canceled for 2020 after the state moved back to Stage 3 of its reopening plan, which bans indoor gatherings of...
By Reader Staff Think you could never pull off a long-distance hike? You might want to talk to Derick Lugo. Raised in the city, Lugo figured he was the last person to get involved...
By Ranel Hansen Reader Columnist “They who sing through summer, must dance through winter.” — Italian proverb There is no doubt about it, we are entering a new season and it’s likely to be...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Confucius, the foundational Chinese philosopher of the fifth and fourth centuries BCE, summed up the metaphysical power of archery with his widely repeated quote, “In archery we have something...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff With an early snowfall in mid-October, the 2020-’21 winter season is shaping up to deliver healthy accumulation — at least in the heights. According to the venerable Farmers’ Almanac,...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff For some, a late October snowfall brings sour faces and groans. For the rest of us who don’t walk around with an “I smell poop” face 24/7, it elicits...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Fresh out of college and piecing together part-time jobs, I applied to coach volleyball at Clark Fork High School. I’d always intended to help out my alma mater however...
