By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Bonner County Historical Society will hold an open house on Monday, Nov. 10, from 4-7 p.m. at the museum in Lakeview Park (611 S. Ella Ave. in Sandpoint) to...
By Reader Staff Back in the 1920s, community picnics were the highlight of summer in Bonner County. On Sunday afternoons, after a long week of work, neighbors would catch up and play games, and...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Sandpoint City Council heard a number of updates on ongoing, big-ticket projects at its regular March 19 meeting, queuing up a busy season going into April and beyond....
By Reader Staff The Bonner County Historical Society will host a special screening of Sandpoint at the North End of the Long Bridge in conjunction with the Panida Theater (300 N. First Ave), bringing...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Thanks to support from the community, Bonner County Historical Society and the East Bonner County Library District, the Reader has begun archiving the editions that hit Sandpoint shelves each...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff This year marks half a century since locals teamed up to officially incorporate the Bonner County Historical Society and, in turn, envision a home for the county’s history with...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The headlines in the Pend d’Oreille Review of Friday, Nov. 8, 1918 sound eerily familiar: “Republicans Win County Election”; “With No New Cases of ‘Flu’ Schools Resume in Week”;...
By Hannah Combs Reader Columnist One Friday afternoon with nothing pressing to do, I turned onto the “Popsicle Bridge road.” My eyes habitually searched for a stand of aspen trees that no longer beckon...
By Chris Corpus Reader Contributor You know you’re a local when, returning from the south, you get that special feeling of “I’m home” — a burst of endorphins or a sigh of contentment when...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When Helen Newton took a U.S. history class at Sandpoint High School in the late 1950s, she was required to do an oral presentation on the topic of her...
