Truby’s building restoration reveals ‘ghost sign’
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When it comes to remodeling a historic building, you’re not always pleased at what is found underneath. In the case of the old Truby’s building …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When it comes to remodeling a historic building, you’re not always pleased at what is found underneath. In the case of the old Truby’s building …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The greater Sandpoint area is another step closer to a new high-speed fiber Internet network, and residents can help determine how quickly it gets here.…
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
If any symbolic figureheads have emerged in the local debate over refugee resettlement, they’re Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad and Bonner County Commissioner Glen Bailey.
Bailey …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Last week, the Sandpoint City Council considered a resolution they characterized as a declaration of human rights and tolerance. A statement welcoming properly vetted refugees …
By Louie de Palma
Reader Road Warrior
Two days into the new year I find myself parked at the Dairy Depot drive-through while a very belligerent customer of mine loudly …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The folks at Sandpoint company Tamarack Aerospace unwrapped a particularly great Christmas present last Wednesday with the certification of its winglet technology in Europe.
A …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Don’t you wish the Ski Swap lasted year round? Well, there’s a new sporting goods consignment shop opening in downtown Sandpoint that might make that …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Aging infrastructure could be putting rail shipping lines at risk for hazardous spills, according to a new study.
Out of 250 railway bridges examined in …
By Drake the Dog
Reader Columnist
Where am I going to take my humans today? They are whooshing and schussing along with me to The Alpine Shop. I’m going on …
By Kate McAlister
Reader Contributor
From the moment the actors walked down the aisle at the Panida, I was engaged.
For me, “The Rocky Horror Show” is indeed a time …
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