Winter Carnival 2026: Week 2
By Ben OlsonReader Staff As evident with the snowfall in the mountains this week, winter isn’t packing it in quite yet. A final week of Sandpoint Winter Carnival events has been planned for outdoor...
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Winter Carnival 2026: Week 1
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff It may feel like spring outside, but that doesn’t mean the Winter Carnival won’t be in full swing Friday, Feb. 13, through Sunday, Feb. 22. Sandpoint and Schweitzer have prepared...
‘Inspiring a very kind and loving community’
Valentine’s for Seniors program collects thousands of cards each year By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, volunteers with Bonner County’s Valentine’s for Seniors program have begun to set up baskets all...
New year, same drink
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff New Year’s Eve parties and Champagne toasts go hand-in-hand in the modern imagination, but though the beloved sparkling wine is now an institution, it had a long, forgotten history of...
Champagne and dancing
A rundown of all Sandpoint’s New Year’s Eve parties By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Barrel 33, 100 N. First Ave., 5-10 p.m. The local wine bar will expand its usual offerings with a one-night-only hot...
Emily Articulated: Thirteen magical nights
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist It is said there is a stretch of time — 13 nights — beginning at the winter solstice, when the veil between worlds is the thinnest. It’s a time for...
The Sandpoint Eater: Our gift
By Marcia PilgeramReader Columnist Some recipes arrive neatly typed on index cards, already perfected. Others are passed down through labor, patience and love — learned by watching hands at work long before you understand...
Holiday Gift Guide: Last minute gifts
By Zach Hagadoneand Soncirey MitchellReader Staff We’re entering the final innings of the holiday shopping season, with workplace and neighborhood parties populating the calendar even as the days are winding down to the Main...
A totally radical Christmas
Gigawatt to play An ’80s Christmas at The Hive By Ben OlsonReader Staff “Great Scott!” The 1980s was a wild decade for music. The hair was big, the costumes were over the top, colors...
Emily Articulated: A holiday(ish) story
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist I was 15 when my godmother, Chrissy, invited me to Black Friday. It was 2007, an in-between time when everyone had a cellphone, but none that could access the internet....
