Mad About Science: Monopoly
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist It’s America’s favorite friendship-ruining board game. Most of us associate this with a fun family night, or a table-flipping rampage, but what you might not realize is that it...
Author: Ben Olson
A bright future: CAL awards nearly $40k in scholarships to area students
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Community Assistance League, a local nonprofit organization which provides annual financial grants and scholarships to worthy individuals and organizations, awarded $39,400 in scholarships to 29 high school students...
Emily Articulated: One small thread
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist If you’re leery of something radical, stop reading. If you’re set in a stagnant process of thought, stop reading. If you’re unable to experience objectivity, stop reading. However, if...
City ponders fire service options
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff When Sandpoint City Council members shape next year’s budget this July and August, the structure of local fire services could be reshaped along with it. The central question before...
County commissioners invited to White House
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Every Idaho legislator and county commissioner — totaling 237 people — received email invitations to meet with Trump administration officials at the White House, including Bonner County commissioners. The...
‘No Spray’ hard deadline June 30
By Reader Staff Bonner County residents who wish to participate in the county’s No Spray program have until June 30 to obtain and place certified signs on their property. Homemade signs will not be...
Repair work to begin on Lightning Creek Road
By Reader Staff Repair work on the Lightning Creek Road and Boulder Creek Road will begin June 25. Heavy equipment has been moving into these areas and Noble Excavating, Inc., will mobilize and install...
Sandpoint Lions select grand marshal, parade route
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff This year’s Fourth of July parade will have not one grand marshal, but four. According to Sandpoint Lions spokesperson Judy Dabrowski, the organization has selected four local law enforcement...
Traditional Thai kickboxing visits Sandpoint
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When local woman Stacy Bryan’s children started mixed martial arts several years ago, Bryan was fascinated by one facet of their training: Muay Thai kickboxing. So she took up...
In Fine Fettle: Surviving summer without rehab
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Health Columnist I’m not sure if it is the lake town atmosphere, our celebration of sunshine, or the general social acceptability of alcoholism, but it generally feels as though most...
