‘Back to Our Roots’
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When choosing the theme for the 2024 Fourth of July parade, the Sandpoint Lions Club decided to honor Sandpoint’s history with the theme “Back to …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When choosing the theme for the 2024 Fourth of July parade, the Sandpoint Lions Club decided to honor Sandpoint’s history with the theme “Back to …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
From pancake feeds to foot races, fantastic parades to fireworks, North Idaho does the Fourth of July right. Here’s a selection of some local events …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The year was 1953. Dwight D. Eisenhower was sworn in as the 34th president. Lucille Ball revolutionized television with her emerging comedic TV show I …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
There are many timeless pairings in life: Romeo and Juliet, peanut butter and jelly, Batman and Robin. When July rolls around, though, Sandpoint gets to …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The people of Bonner County know how to celebrate independence. Here is a sampling of some of the panhandle’s Fourth of July parties in 2021.…
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Sandpoint Lions Club Fourth of July celebrations are back this year, and organizers promise they will be better than ever.
After taking a year …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The 2021 Sandpoint Fourth of July will occur under the auspices of the Lions Club, as it has done — with one interruption, in 2020 …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As with a host of other long-time community events, including Lost in the ’50s and The Festival at Sandpoint, the annual Fourth of July celebration …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Sandpoint Lions Club announced May 13 that it would regretfully have to cancel its annual Fourth of July festivities in Sandpoint due to the …
By Reader Staff
The fireworks are snuffed and the long weekend is long over, but there’s still some celebrating to do for the Fourth of July.
The Sandpoint Lions Club …
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