So long and thanks for all the turns
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The end of the ski season at Schweitzer is always a little bittersweet. Everyone down in the valley is rejoicing at the first warm days …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The end of the ski season at Schweitzer is always a little bittersweet. Everyone down in the valley is rejoicing at the first warm days …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The alarm clock barely has a chance to make any noise on powder days. I’m usually up well before the buzzer, checking the Schweitzer Snow …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Everyone knows about the prognosticating powers of the groundhog, recognized each February when Punxutawney Phil does or does not see his shadow, indicating the remaining …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Spring managed to surprise me this year. Again. I walked to the river and discovered fresh-grown catkins hanging from an errant Sitka alder that has …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
For the past couple of days, since our big cold snap, Reader Publisher Ben Olson and I have been sitting in the newsroom with two …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
A bobcat is traveling around the homestead these days, teaching snowshoe hares and ruffed grouse to pay attention, a good and proper thing for a …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
I was standing in line at the grocery store the other day and heard a woman say, “I just don’t ever remember a winter being …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Ever wonder why there are so many different kinds of snowflakes? Different conditions in the atmosphere create different kinds of snow, which can have big …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Downtown Sandpoint is a magical place during the holidays. After three months of construction along First Avenue and Cedar Street, the city of Sandpoint took …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Despite Mother Nature dragging her feet, Schweitzer Mountain Resort plans to kick off its 2019-2020 ski season Friday, Nov. 29 with limited terrain available.
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