U.S. 95 hit with double wrecks
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Monday was a busy day for police and a bad day for motorists on Highway 95, which was hit with back-to-back car wrecks. The first occurred Monday morning, involving...
Author: Ben Olson
Avista and Hydro One kill merger after utility commission denial
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Avista and Hydro One announced last week that the two companies have made a “mutual decision” to end their proposed merger. The news comes after the Washington Utilities and...
Project 7B presents ‘Listening to Bonner County’ to BOCC
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Results are now available from a survey of Bonner County residents regarding their concerns for the future. Project 7B Chair Daniel Shlaferman gave each Bonner County Commissioner a copy...
Medicaid expansion lawsuit brought before Idaho Supreme Court
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Idaho Supreme Court heard arguments for and against the implementation of Medicaid expansion in the state Tuesday as part of a lawsuit filed by the Idaho Freedom Foundation....
Trail Dispatches: Introducing Trail Mix
By Susan Drumheller Reader Staff About four years ago, locals who work on building and maintaining trails, and those who love to hike, bike, commute and ski on those trails, starting meeting regularly to...
Voices in the crowd at the North Idaho Women’s March
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Betsy Boyles attended the North Idaho Women’s March with a baby strapped to her chest, a fluorescent pink sign in her hand and a red ball cap on her...
2019 Women’s March coverage
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Hundreds turned out Saturday afternoon for the third annual Sandpoint Women’s March, which saw speakers insisting that government authorities address their concerns. The latest local iteration of the mass...
POAC presents Cirque Zuma Zuma
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff It’s not every day that a Top 10 act from “America’s Got Talent” makes it to Sandpoint, so when Cirque Zuma Zuma graces the Panida stage on Feb. 2...
‘Green Book’ heads to the Panida with Oscar buzz
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The announcement of the 2019 Oscar nominations brought some welcome news for the cast and crew of “Green Book.” In total, the comedy-drama about a friendship between an African-American...
Learning by doing
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When Clark Fork Junior/Senior High School struggled with enrollment in the not-so-distant past, Lake Pend Oreille School District Superintendent Shawn Woodward gave the school’s teachers the green light to...
