Dover preparing to construct new post office
By Reader Staff Visitors and residents in Dover will start to see work commence on the construction of a new post office in the city, as crews mobilize equipment beginning Monday, June 10 and...
Author: Ben Olson
Green Bay closed until December
By Reader Staff One of the most popular campgrounds and recreational sites on Lake Pend Oreille will be closed until December 2024. The U.S. Forest Service announced the Green Bay Campground and Forest Service...
Sandpoint council OKs off-leash dogs — with a permit — at City Beach to ward off geese
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff After years of discussion, the city of Sandpoint is going to allow off-leash dogs at City Beach with the express purpose of harassing — and hopefully frightening off —...
Unfrosted is not grrreat!
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Watching Jerry Seinfeld’s new movie Unfrosted, which is supposed to be a comedic counterhistory of the invention of the Pop-Tart, I’m reminded of an incident a long time ago...
Mad about Science: The radioactive ‘wild boar paradox’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff By now, pretty much everyone should be at least familiar with the disaster that befell the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986, when its Reactor No. 4...
‘I will raise such a war-cry against you as shall be remembered forever’
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Thursday, May 30 marks the 593rd anniversary of the execution of Jeanne d’Arc for her part in the Hundred Years’ War and the supposed heresy of wearing pants as...
Building butterfly waystations
By Ben Olson Reader Staff By the time Idaho had adopted the monarch butterfly as its state insect in 1992, the migratory insects were already starting to grow scarce in the northern part of...
Activation of international treaty brings hope for Idaho’s Kootenai River
By Jennifer Ekstrom Reader Contributor The thought of Fernie, British Columbia conjures images of a quaint Rocky Mountain town that’s a haven for adventure and travelers; full of small-town charm, gorgeous recreation and an...
Kootenai County jury rules in favor of drag performer in defamation suit
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Kootenai County-based right-wing blogger Summer Bushnell has been held accountable for a video she posted to her political site “The Bushnell Report” that defamed a drag performer in 2022....
A few thoughts… On television
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist Bruce Springsteen recorded “57 Channels and Nothin’ On” in 1992. We’ve made incredible — ahem — “progress” since. Thirty-two years later, there are over 100 networks, some of which...
