Category: Sports and Outdoors
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff In just over a week, Sandpoint High School’s graduation is set to take place at War Memorial Field. Though the entirety of the grandstands project won’t be completed by...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff If you’re interested in how to raise money for a good cause, ask Vicki Reich—she’ll get you started in the right direction. The past two years, Reich has set...
By Mike Comola Reader Contributor Scotchman Peaks, wild and remote, looms high above Clark Fork, Idaho and the Clark Fork of the Columbia River. Home to a small population of America’s remaining grizzly bears,...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Sponsored by the Sandpoint Library If you’re reading this article in utter shock and disbelief that a nerd could like sports, I have a simple question: What rock have...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Four years ago, a few friends who shared a common love for bicycles quietly opened a bike shop in Sandpoint. Tucked behind the Horizon Credit Union between Fourth and...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff When Mel Dick feels the workload of helping organize CHAFE 150 bear down on him, he recalls a story that puts everything in perspective. It was an encounter between...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Staffers of U.S. Sen. Jim Risch have planned another community meeting for residents to share their thoughts on the proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. The open house will provide Risch’s...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Off road truck racing fans, start your engines. Next weekend, the Purcell Trench Ranch (PTR) north of Bonners Ferry is hosting their biggest event of the year; the Mountain...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Members of a local Christmas tree association are concerned after finding several trees marked with ribbon that are part of an active research project at the University of Idaho...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Schweitzer Mountain Resort is eyeing a partnership with Kaniksu Land Trust to pursue a conservation easement for a portion of its property. The proposal, brought before the Bonner County...