SANDPOINT - Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, musician, conductor, writer and former Festival at Sandpoint artistic director Gunther Schuller died in Boston Sunday from undisclosed medical issues. He was 89.
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SANDPOINT - A smoke alarm and a local couple are credited with a quick response to a fire - minimizing what would likely have been a much more catastrophic event.
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SANDPOINT - The ongoing effort to restore the Panida Theater to its original grandeur is taking another step forward this summer with the refurbishment of the facility's theater.
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SANDPOINT - The city and the beauty of its natural surroundings get plenty of kudos for being one of the best places to live, retire, and for generally being one the most beautiful places in America.
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SANDPOINT - Suicide is a socially touchy subject: taboo. Many people dance around the topic, fearful that discussing it with someone they suspect may be considering taking their own life might give the person the final push to complete the act.
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SANDPOINT - The Idaho Transportation Board has voted to allocate $2.245 million to fund the redesign and reconstruction of Fifth Avenue between Pine and Cedar streets, reconfiguring the existing one-way road to two-way traffic.
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SANDPOINT - For the first time since creating rural outreach centers in places like Sandpoint and Bonners Ferry, the North Idaho College Board of Trustees held a formal board meeting at one.
SANDPOINT - April is Autism Awareness Month, and Team Autism 24/7, a local nonprofit organization which champions families with autistic children and professionals who serve the autism community, is sponsoring the movie "Ocean Heaven," at 7 p.m. Saturday, at the Panida Theater, 300 First Ave., Sandpoint.
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SANDPOINT - It's not in town, at least not yet. It's really not much more than a dream at this stage. But the possibility of a YMCA community recreation facility finding its way to Bonner County recently got one small step closer to reality.
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SANDPOINT - It's getting harder to keep on track with planned renovations at the Panida Theater when the North Idaho elements are trying to break into the building.
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SANDPOINT - It's unusual to find someone as young Kiya Kraushaar who has already found their calling, but the precocious 9-year-old is already working to advance her passion. It's fundraising for, among other things, cancer support, and she's determined to bring others into the fold.
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SANDPOINT - Asked about the new Idaho Common Core testing standards, Lake Pend Oreille School District Superintendent Shawn Woodward will tell you the shift is a "good thing." It puts more emphasis on evidence-based writing, citing primary sources, and applied mathematics. The change won't come without some potential growing pains, …
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SANDPOINT - The Lake Pend Oreille School District is once again running a supplemental school levy through the gauntlet of voter approval. The Bonner County Daily Bee recently met with Superintendent Shawn Woodward and staff in advance of the March 10 vote to discuss the levy, what its approval would …
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SANDPOINT - It's a hallmark of civilization: you flush, and it's gone. Wastewater treatment is taken for granted by most, but in reality it is a technically complex and potentially costly issue, one the city of Sandpoint has been dealing with for some time.
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SANDPOINT - It's been done before with great results, at least according to testimony from Sandpoint residents and business owners at Wednesday's city council meeting.
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SANDPOINT - Contractors set about the touchy business of installing a prefabricated concrete restroom building for the International Selkirk Loop Interpretive Center on Thursday morning.
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SANDPOINT - More than 100 people gathered in a standing room-only City Council chamber Wednesday evening for a facilitated forum on the anticipated increase in coal and oil train traffic through Bonner County.
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SANDPOINT - City planning director Jeremy Grimm publicly announced his resignation at Wednesday's Rotary meeting. Grimm will be joining local mobile analytics firm Kochava as director of publisher development on Feb. 4.
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