Long Bridge Swim canceled due to safety concerns
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
For more than two decades, the Long Bridge Swim has gone off without a hitch. But this year, Mother Nature had other plans.
Organizers of …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
For more than two decades, the Long Bridge Swim has gone off without a hitch. But this year, Mother Nature had other plans.
Organizers of …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Everything about the world looks a little different when you’re a horror writer.
Even a day at the beach with the family can inspire ideas …
Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Health care plans through the Idaho exchange program are slated for substantial rate hikes starting next year.
On average, rates will go up 38 percent, with …
Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The Sandpoint Business Improvement District is no more.
Council members decided Wednesday to dissolve the district, which collected fees from downtown businesses, and release members from …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Portland, Ore., band Pink Martini has carved out a unique space for itself in popular music. Blending multiple genres together, including Latin, classical, jazz and …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The rollout of two-way traffic on downtown streets continues following cautious and gradual beginnings last week.
This week saw Pine Street’s transition to two-way on …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Early in the first episode of “Twin Peaks: The Return,” a vehicle rumbles down a dusty backroad. Car headlights do little to ward off the …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The long-awaited switch-over to two-way traffic begins today, Thursday, on Fifth Avenue.
After numerous weather-related delays, first from the fall to the spring and then …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
With the May 16 election for Lake Pend Oreille School Board shaping up to be the most heated in years, several candidate events are lining …
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