The stories a building could tell
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Sandpoint’s first federal building, a grand spectacle of brick done in the Spanish Colonial Revival style located at 419 N. Second Avenue, has been home to the post office,...
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The best things in life are free
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Those looking for a free, family friendly and pandemic-precaution-possible activity can look no further than the Bonner County History Museum, as it hosts its regular Free First Saturday event...
The other bridge
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...
A brush with death at the museum
By Hannah Combs Reader Contributor “D13, shelf 4; D13, shelf 4,” I muttered to myself as I hurried through the archives. I needed to pull one more artifact for tomorrow’s presentation before closing up....
Hunting for history with the Elks
By Chris Corpus and Hannah Combs Reader Contributors The weightlessness of being carried in father’s arms. A blast of sharp winter wind whistling through the crack of the door at his back. A glimpse...
‘The city of our dreams,’ one school at a time
By Chris Corpus and Hannah Combs Reader Contributors She lay in bed, musing about the churches, schools and civic centers that would one day replace the wild land that surrounded her cabin in every...
One room to school them all
By Chris Corpus and Hannah Combs Reader Contributors Scrambling onto his brother’s shoulders and waving his arms wildly in the air, he knew he could catch the teacher’s eye. Spotting the young boy above...
That’s a wrap
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Observant city residents and visitors may have noticed a new splash of art throughout public spaces in Sandpoint over the past nine months. After the city of Sandpoint added...
Mysteries of the Deep: Part 3
By Chris Corpus and Hannah Combs Reader Contributors Her speech well rehearsed, she had just settled into a light doze when a touch of turbulence brought her back to attention. She glanced out the...
‘They are stealing our history’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Bonner County Museum will close its doors to the public the week of Aug. 24 to heighten security measures after several items were stolen from exhibits in recent...
