By Reader Staff
The percentage of unemployed Idahoans stayed steady in December 2023 at 3.3% — a figure carried over from November with a number of trends canceling each other …
By Sandpoint Mayor Jeremy Grimm
Reader Contributor
In the coming days, many of you will be setting resolutions for the new year, reflecting on the past with gratitude, giving thought, …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
In a lightning-fast meeting March 17, the Sandpoint City Council approved the annual Sandpoint Urban Renewal Agency report and the Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Nancy Schmidt didn’t know she was a rock person until she moved to Bonner County from Pittsburgh about 14 years ago.
“And now I have …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
There’s real cinematic talent in the Inland Northwest. The problem is getting it in front of an audience.
Enter the Sandpoint Radius Film Festival. The …
By Sharon Lewis
Reader Contributor
And the winner is … Sharon and Justine for attending this year’s Oscars!
How is this possible? Let me explain. Justine Murray and I are …
By Erik Daarstad
Reader Contributor
Sandpoint Film Festival started nine years ago presenting short films for a one-day festival. SFF is a nonprofit organization started by Janice Jarzabek in an …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Carousel of Smiles will host the first of a series of pony restoration workshops next weekend.
The workshop will take place Friday, Oct. 12 …
By McCalee Cain
Reader Intern
The Festival at Sandpoint’s mission to inspire area youth through music comes full circle with the debut of the Summer Youth Music Camp July 9-12.…
By Jane Fritz
Reader Contributor
Thirty years ago a wellspring of music culture existed in Sandpoint. On the mountain, Gunther Schuller’s Festival at Sandpoint chamber musicians amazed audiences in the …
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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Coming up this week! Don’t miss out on “Get Plowed”, a Food Summit, Folk Art, and more! See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
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