Ice skating rink to open in Ponderay
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Anybody growing up in North Idaho can attest that ice skating is a sport that usually happens only when conditions are just right. It can’t …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Anybody growing up in North Idaho can attest that ice skating is a sport that usually happens only when conditions are just right. It can’t …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Ponderay has long been called “the little city with the big future,” and that certainly seems to be coming true. Ponderay opened Phase 1 of …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’s been 31 years since Floyd McGhee and Mike Read first envisioned a dedicated regional sports facility in Ponderay. Then conceived of as the McGhee …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’s been a long time coming, but the effort to connect Ponderay with its Lake Pend Oreille waterfront is teeing up to enter the first …
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