BNSF hits safety and emergency response hard
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
In the midst of the back-and-forth about the proposed Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railway bridge project across Lake Pend Oreille, the company is touting a simple …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
In the midst of the back-and-forth about the proposed Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railway bridge project across Lake Pend Oreille, the company is touting a simple …
By Reader Staff
When the BID (Business Improvement District) was dissolved last year, it became clear certain things would dissolve with it — namely, the annual hanging of vibrant flower …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Even with Old Man Winter driving Sandpoint deeper and deeper into the chill that makes this time of year so hard, the Winter Carnival is …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
With the Sandpoint Center under new ownership, local nonprofits are feeling the pressure from proposed new fees on its community room.
At the beginning of …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce welcomed the Idaho Club golf resort with a ribbon cutting on Monday, May 8.
The Idaho Club invited members …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Officials confirmed last week that Kim Queen, manager of the Sandpoint Business Improvement District, resigned from her job.
According to Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Let’s be honest: It’s easy to love beer. But not everyone loves it in the same way.
See, a guy like me goes for the …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It’s a fact: Sandpoint has a love affair with dogs. You see it walking the streets daily. You see it in the summer issue of …
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