By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Visitors to the Pend d’Oreille Bay Trail in recent weeks have been puzzled to see the trailhead closed. Located just to the north of the …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
The “Zoom boom” economy has exploded in Bonner County — one of many western outdoorsy communities getting flooded with “amenity migrants” seeking a better and, …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Amid a long season of discontent, local professional photographer Marsha Lutz felt compelled to do something to make a statement about inclusion, diversity and community. …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint Planning and Zoning commissioners took their first deep dive Sept. 15 into the University Park development, a mixed use subdivision proposed for the 75-acre …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Anyone who has kept tabs on the proceedings of the Sandpoint City Council over the past month or so has noticed that the routine business …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
About a year after the massive overhaul of War Memorial Field first started making headlines, the project — including the installation of artificial turf in …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Citing the global coronavirus pandemic that has forced the closure of countless businesses and public gatherings, Festival at Sandpoint organizers announced May 4 that there …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Governor Brad Little will hold a press conference Thursday, April 30 at 11 a.m. Mountain Time to share protocol for Stage 1 of his Idaho …
Reader Staff
A post in the Sandpoint Local Forum Facebook group on March 11 created a firestorm of concern over the future of the annual Sandpoint event Lost in the …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The human spirit is a resilient, powerful thing. As more and more of us are coming to grips with what may be a long period …
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