Gift Guide 2023: Last-minute shopping
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It would be disingenuous to describe last-minute holiday shopping as an “art” — it’s too frantic for that. Rather, the 11th-hour scramble is better understood …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It would be disingenuous to describe last-minute holiday shopping as an “art” — it’s too frantic for that. Rather, the 11th-hour scramble is better understood …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
In each December edition that comes out before Christmas, the Reader dedicates a page to help our readers figure out what the heck to buy …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The shopping season is in full swing, with downtown streets aglow with Christmas lights and shoppers swaddled in parkas and ear muffs.
The Sandpoint Shopping …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Imagine for a moment what Sandpoint would be like without our downtown shopping district. Driving through other towns across the country, it’s hard to miss …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Sandpoint is hopping these days, with a handful of new businesses joining tried-and-true retailers that have established a vibrant marketplace in downtown Sandpoint.
To help …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Editor’s Note: New businesses are springing up all over Sandpoint this summer, and here at the Reader, we’re making an effort to introduce them to …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Editor’s Note: New businesses are springing up all over Sandpoint this summer, and here at the Reader, we’re making an effort to introduce them to …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
With the spring weather (hopefully) here to stay, North Idaho’s produce growers are readying their harvests for the first day of the Sandpoint Farmers’ Market.…
By Lizbeth Turley Fausnight
Reader Contributor
I remember the first time my husband and I drove into Sandpoint in 2004. We were so excited about our future new home. Having …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
There’s a delicate balance to strike when taking over a long-standing Sandpoint tradition.
Kelli Burt and Emma Stanford are well aware of that balance, so …
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