Sno-ciety celebrates snowsport culture
By Reader Staff There’s a chill in the air, which signals it’s time for another Warren Miller ski and boarding film showcasing the best of global snowsport culture — this time, with a Saturday,...
Category: Sports and Outdoors
A few thoughts… On golf, extended sport seasons and being average
By Sandy ComptonReader Columnist It’s the end of golf season. Mourning should be over by April. Mariners fans are mourning, as well, though baseball season is not quite over as I write this. Nor...
Avalanche center hosts ski movie fundraiser
By Reader Staff The Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center is already preparing for those snowy winter days with a fundraising party Thursday, Oct. 9 at MickDuff’s Brewing Company (220 Cedar St., in downtown Sandpoint). Beginning...
The Lost Rescue of ’77
When the rock gave way and so did the system By Earl LuncefordReader Contributor In 2017, Fremont Shields and I were developing the first new route on the remote North Face of Gunsight Peak...
City of Sandpoint to host Travers Park Sports Complex open house
Ribbon cutting planned for new learning trail, Rotary Picnic Pavilion By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Though the James E. Russell Sports Center has been welcoming users for months, the city of Sandpoint is hosting an...
Chainsaw therapy
By Ben OlsonReader Staff “Ugh,” I sighed, slamming shut my laptop. It’s a common way to end a period of scanning national news stories. Between attempts to bypass our First Amendment rights, the president...
Feel It All screening and Q&A scheduled for Mental Health Week
Ethan Murray Fund hosts pro skier, documentary filmmaker and mental health advocate By Ben OlsonReader Staff You’ve likely heard this before from those visiting resort towns like Sandpoint: “It must be paradise to live...
From citizen science to civic duty: Vote ‘yes’ for clean water
By Jennifer EkstromReader Contributor Whether it’s boating on Lake Pend Oreille, floating on the Pack River or lounging at City Beach, the best parts of summer have one thing in common: water. Water is...
Inaugural Sandpoint Showdown set to bring motorcycle rally to downtown
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Sandpoint will welcome a brand-new downtown event with the Sandpoint Showdown, which will fill the streets with a multi-day motorcycle rally drawing riders from near and far. Set for Friday,...
Speak up to protect Roadless Rule and preserve our national forests
By Amy AndersonReader Contributor The Roadless Rule protects 58 million acres of our most intact, unlogged national forests from road building ,which facilitates industrial logging, mining, drilling and other industrial activities. The Trump administration...
