Making a splash at the 29th Long Bridge Swim
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Local athletes and adventurers can beat the heat Saturday, Aug. 3 with the 29th annual Long Bridge Swim. This 1.76-mile trek from Sagle to Sandpoint …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Local athletes and adventurers can beat the heat Saturday, Aug. 3 with the 29th annual Long Bridge Swim. This 1.76-mile trek from Sagle to Sandpoint …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Since its inception in 1995, the annual Long Bridge Swim has seen tens of thousands of swimmers cross the long stretch of water alongside the …
By McCalee Cain
Reader Staff
Community fun, delicious food and invigorating exercise are the holy trinity of one of Sandpoint’s most beloved summer traditions: the Long Bridge Swim. On Saturday, …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
To Lester J. Krause, the 20 acres he owns adjacent to the Pine Street Woods project isn’t just land — it’s a legacy.
It’s land …
By Reader Staff
Residents are invited to discover all Pine Street Woods community forest will offer through KLT’s Walk in the Woods series. Take a guided scenic walk or bike …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
A number of drownings and near-drownings have plagued the Sandpoint area this summer. Police Chief Corey Coon said that while the last few years …
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 Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Intern
In the early ‘90s, Eric Ridgway drove Sandpoint’s Long Bridge every day. For a man who describes swimming as his “therapy, joy and meditation,” it …
By Scout Anatricia
Reader Intern
There’s nothing quite like the sight of several hundred people breast-stroking their way to the finish line at the end of the 1.76 mile Long …
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