SPRING SPORTS PREVIEW: Sandpoint Boys Lacrosse will lean heavily on young talent

SPRING SPORTS PREVIEW: Sandpoint Boys Lacrosse will lean heavily on young talent

Forest, shoreline work approaches at Two Rivers Park

Priest River prepares to lay foundation for 38-acre riverfront project

Project organizers have spent the past three years laying the foundation for a park that could one day include a swimming beach, a dog park, athletic fields and other amenities. Once foresters remove hazard trees and cut footpaths on the property this spring, community members will be able to safely access the area for the first time in a century.

Gumption up and stop being afraid

Len Golding (Daily Bee, March 13) dislikes transgenders in the military or probably anywhere else. My guess is that Mr. Conservative, Barry Goldwater, is in Golding’s pantheon of conservative heroes. Barry laid the foundation for the conservative revolution. However, he didn’t care about gays in the military. His only requirement was whether they could shoot straight. I’m sure he would say the same thing about transgenders.

SPRING SPORTS PREVIEW: Sandpoint Softball to showcase experience, speed, pitching power

SPRING SPORTS PREVIEW: Sandpoint Softball to showcase experience, speed, pitching power

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion

I write a lot of letters to the Bonner County Daily Bee about my opinions on some things. They print some of my letters and some they don’t. But it’s just my opinions and that’s what they call that page - Opinion

SPRING SPORTS PREVIEW: Sandpoint Tennis ready to rack(et) up wins, finish among top in state

SPRING SPORTS PREVIEW: Sandpoint Tennis ready to rack(et) up wins, finish among top in state

Your voice matters on proposed logging projects

It’s not too late to stop the Almost Round Lake logging project by the Idaho Department of Lands adjacent to Round Lake State Park. The logging plan includes clearcuts and seed tree clearcuts, threatens the park, nearby trails, and local biodiversity.

SPRING SPORTS PREVIEW: Sandpoint Girls Lacrosse boasts largest team in program history

SPRING SPORTS PREVIEW: Sandpoint Girls Lacrosse boasts largest team in program history

Decision extends freeze on USFS Project

Litigation surrounding Bonner County forestry work could go on

The USFS’ Hanna Flats Good Neighbor Authority Project, which the agency has said would reduce insect disease and catastrophic wildfire risk and is planned to include 2,352 acres of timber harvest, prescribed fire and reforestation work, has been challenged in court since 2018 by conservation group Alliance for the Wild Rockies.

SPRING SPORTS PREVIEW: Sandpoint Baseball to embrace underdog mentality despite veteran lineup

SPRING SPORTS PREVIEW: Sandpoint Baseball to embrace underdog mentality despite veteran lineup

Bang, zap, whoosh! — SHS students stoke youth science intrigue

At one station, high schoolers demonstrated the conservation of angular momentum with a bicycle wheel and a low-friction turntable. Participants stood on the turntable and held the spinning wheel using two handles attached to its hub. When they rotated the wheel left or right, they found their whole body rotating on the turntable in order to compensate for the wheel’s change in angular momentum.

Colleen Jean Carter, 65

Colleen Jean Carter, 65, passed away on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.

Mary Ann Cooper, 80

Mary Ann Cooper, 80, passed away on Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Margaret Sanford, 95

Margaret Kammritz Sanford passed away on Thursday, March 20, 2025.

Greek monk keeps faith, community together

For more than 50 years, Father Spyridon has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in a monastery carved into a cliffside high above the Aegean Sea. Panagia Hozoviotissa monastery has changed little since it was founded more than a millennium ago on the Greek island of Amorgos. And even as Greece rapidly secularizes alongside the rest of Europe, and islands like Amorgos wrestle with the massive growth of tourism, a few Orthodox Christian monks like Spyridon remain icons of local life. Locals continue to go to him for spiritual advice and praise his care for all visitors.

Legals for April, 12 2025

APRIL NIBJ: Pine Street Woods strengthens Sandpoint's outdoor legacy, economy

For decades, Sandpoint, Idaho has been known for its world-class outdoor recreation, with Schweitzer Mountain drawing winter sports enthusiasts and Lake Pend Oreille offering summer adventures. But in recent years, a new destination has emerged as a must-visit spot for locals and tourists alike — Pine Street Woods.

Community garden set to bloom at 'The Woods'

Effort underway to create garden near sled hill

Plans are blooming to create a community garden at the base of the Pine Street Woods sled hill.

Solid snowpack raises water supply outlook

April could still bring some cooler weather that slows down the snowpack melt rate, but right now, it looks like winter has ended and spring has officially arrived in Idaho," the report said.

Colorectal cancer rates rising for younger Americans

While the rate of colorectal cancer is declining in those over 65, the astonishing news is that the number of cases is increasing at an alarming rate for Generation Z, Millennials, and Generation X people. These are young adults in their mid-20s to late 50s. And researchers are perplexed as to why.