Sandpoint Jobless at 9.2% and Fishing for Dinner

Spring is definitely in the air if not in your step in Sandpoint.

Locals and visitors alike will enjoy a selection of handcrafts, food, music, fresh vegetables, flowers, produce, and music as the Sandpoint Farmers Market begins their May through October season in Farmin Park and the Town Square around the clock tower.

Too busy to participate in the K&K Spring Fishing Derby on Lake Pend Oreille with everyone else this year because we were busy with work and while some anglers had trouble finding the big fish they was no shortage of fish tales.

Some locals are fishing for supper rather than prizes.

With the jobless rate at 9.2 percent in Bonner County you might expect more families to budget for hunting and fishing licenses.

Home sellers are normally more buoyant in the spring as it signals the beginning of the buying season in most minds.

This year the best we have seen is cautious optimism and that may be just among the sellers that have owned their property for many years, have not encumbered it financially, and can offer it at an attractive price while still taking a solid yield.