By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist You know me — we like to keep things pretty grounded in science. After all, this isn’t Mad About Science Fiction. However, science fiction is transforming before our eyes...
By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist I cannot tell you how many scary movies or Datelines I have watched where I sat staring at the screen wondering why the victims behave so stupidly. Why would...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff For those who live in and visit North Idaho, clean air and natural beauty often top the list for why they’ve chosen this region. Small business owners rely on...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff In a budget workshop on Aug. 8, county clerk Mike Rosedale laid out the greatest point of contention during this budget season: to take forgone taxes, or to not...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Clark Fork Library is a staple of many east Bonner County kids’ childhoods, but none so much as for Vanessa Hood Birch (9) and Summer Birch (8) —...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist I just finished unpacking my backroads-dusty car from our annual family gathering in Montana. And thanks to my son-in-law (and new father) John, I brought home quite the...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When it comes to bluegrass music, Missoula five-piece the Lil Smokies are a staple of the region. But when asked, “Why bluegrass?” lead singer, songwriter and dobro player Andy...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The folks at local theater company Unknown Locals are at it again, and this time, they’re going in blind. “Blind Panic,” the latest play by writer and director Chris...
By Reader Staff In part to symbolize their continued commitment to achieving Wilderness designation for the Scotchman Peaks of Idaho and Montana, Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness today announced the adoption of a new...
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Health Columnist SMOKE. You can’t avoid it right now. It’s in your neighborhood, your car, your office, your eyes, lungs, everywhere. Even your clothes smell like stale campfire. By now,...
