Gift guide 2024: Local goods for the win
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It’s gift-giving season in North Idaho, and there are few better ways to support your neighbors than buying local.
For this week’s gift guide, we’re …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It’s gift-giving season in North Idaho, and there are few better ways to support your neighbors than buying local.
For this week’s gift guide, we’re …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Sandpoint is going Bavarian on Saturday, Oct. 12 with its second annual Oktoberfest celebration in the Granary Arts District. Local breweries and vendors will congregate …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Anywhere you travel — from New York, U.S. to York, U.K. — you can expect a uniform taste from two of the same brands of …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
As far as dreams go, having a Reader-themed beer can sold in our community is right up there at the top of the list. …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The year’s tastiest celebration, Beerfest, returns for its 10th anniversary Saturday, July 6 at Trinity At City Beach (58 Bridge St., in Sandpoint) from noon-5 …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When I took a philosophy class a long time ago, one of the students asked our professor how he planned to observe the new year. …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Back for its sixth year, the Jack Frost Fest marks the coming transition between cool fall days and winter in Sandpoint. Founded by Mattox Farm …
By Reader Staff
Bring your German-English phrase book to the Granary District on Saturday, Oct. 14, for an action-packed Oktoberfest celebration featuring local drink, loads of food and a Bavaria-sized …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
A lot has changed on Schweitzer Mountain since 1993, but one can always count on the annual end of the summer season soiree known as …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
In a time marked by so much divisiveness, it is good to remember something that many Sandpointians have in common: a love of beer.
The …
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