Fat biking in North Idaho
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Chances are you’ve seen someone biking around town or on snowy trails with a fat-tire bicycle. If you’ve ever wondered what they are all about and how you might...
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Cool Rides: Charles Mortensen’s 1961 Willys Jeep draws attention for all the right reasons
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Anyone who has strolled past Charles Mortensen’s bike shop, Syringa Cyclery on Oak Street in Sandpoint, has probably noticed the collection of repurposed scrap metal welded into functional art...
Let’s hear it for the (winter) birds
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Is there any more pleasant sight than flocks of migrating birds taking wing and flying overhead in magnificent V-shaped formations, bound for their wintertime southern climates? Yet, not every...
Three nights of mountain bliss
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It’s time once again for all outdoor enthusiasts to gather at the altar of winter sport to herald in another year of movies from the mountains. The Banff Mountain...
Scaling up
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Bella Noté Music Studios has welcomed two new teachers to its roster, as well as added classes for 2020, expanding learning opportunities for the next generation of Sandpoint musicians. ...
Four breweries a brewin’
MickDuff’s Brewing Company Brothers Mickey and Duffy Mahoney were early adopters in the Sandpoint brewery scene, opening their brewpub on First Avenue in 2006. They were only 20-somethings then, but in the intervening years...
Breaking tradition: MCS’ Bel Canto Opera takes on Hansel & Gretel
By Ben Olson Reader Staff If Karin Wedemeyer had her way, everyone would have the opportunity to experience the opera. As the director of the Music Conservatory of Sandpoint — and a classically trained...
KLT and SNC opens new outdoor rec center at PSW
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It’s been a stellar first year for Pine Street Woods, the 180-acre gift to the community from Kaniksu Land Trust. Featuring year-round trails through rolling meadows and healthy woodlands,...
Christmas Bird Count, 120 years in the making
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Prior to the turn of the 20thcentury, a holiday tradition known as the Christmas “Side Hunt” was popular among hunters. Participants would choose sides and go afield with their...
Save those wrapping paper tubes!
By Ben Olson Reader Staff After Christmas has come and gone and living rooms across town are filled with crumpled ribbons, bows and wrapping paper, the environmentally conscious often try to find a use...
