Tam O’Shanter bar sold to new owner
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff After 75 years, the venerable downtown bar Tam O’Shanter is under new ownership. Former owner Sandi Terry announced this week she has sold the bar, known locally as the...
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Cedar St. Bridge Public Market open for business
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Cedar St. Bridge is about to return to its roots. Owners Cindy and Jeff Bond are excited to announce the launch the Cedar St. Bridge Public Market from...
Hearts to Homes:
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Lenny Guerrero knows what it’s like to not have a roof over his head. On the one hand, Guerrero is a tech-savvy entrepreneur, a self-starter and innovative thinker. On...
Sandpoint looking forward following Thorne Research loss
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff It was no surprise to Sandpoint officials when Thorne Research announced it was moving to South Carolina. The possibility was on Sandpoint City Administrator Jennifer Stapleton’s radar as soon...
‘The Far Journey’ in review
By Mary Haley Reader Contributor “A Far Journey,” by local author Tom Reppert, is a young adult novel that throws a modern teenager back in time to the Oregon trail. The young heroin, Paula...
Andy Hackbarth Band returns to Sandpoint for Panida fundraiser
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Denver-based Americana singer/songwriter Andy Hackbarth and his band will return to Sandpoint for a special performance at the Panida Theater on Friday, Nov. 11. The show will be part...
Greg Taylor nominated for national award
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Longtime Sandpoint car dealer Greg Taylor of Taylor & Sons Chevrolet was nominated for the 2017 TIME Dealer of the Year award recently. Taylor is one of a select...
Hitting the road:
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff If a major part of growing up is moving out of the parents’ house, then SPOT just hit its stride. The bus system, which launched in 2011 as a...
Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em:
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The times they are a-changin’. Two of Sandpoint’s most popular downtown bars have announced they are officially going smoke-free as of Dec. 5, 2016. Believe it or not, the...
Sandpoint’s secret sister: Moab, Utah
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor Not every Reader reader knows that Nelson, B.C., is Sandpoint’s sister city. Or that Yalta, Crimea, where FDR, Churchill and Stalin divided up the post-war world in 1945, is...
