Alternative: Part 3
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Ninety kids. Ninety stories. Geoff Penrose, principal of Lake Pend Oreille Alternative High School, takes that philosophy to heart, and it’s something proven in just one conversation with two...
Author: Ben Olson
North Idaho outdoor brand earns TV slot
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Nothing says summer in North Idaho like a weekend of camping in the great outdoors. It helps if there’s also the sweet sound and scent of high-octane, race-fueled offroad...
Shake, Rattle and Roll: A love letter to my angel
By A.C. Woolnough Reader Columnist We go by many names: People with Parkinson’s, PWPs, Parky’s, patients, sufferers, subjects, casualties or even victims. No matter the label, no matter the term you use, we all...
Four success strategies for local business owners
By Katie Greenland Reader Contributor When I first moved to Sandpoint last June, locals warned me that finding work can be hard. They were right. Many people here have struggled at some point to...
A Clear Vision
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There’s just something about the old school way of doing business that appeals to Dr. Nate Harrell and Jen Heller. Harrell recently announced that Pend Oreille Vision Care, his...
Chamber welcomes Refined Aesthetics with ribbon cutting
By Reader Staff The Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce welcomed Refined Aesthetics Med Spa to the Chamber with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, May 24. Fourth-generation Sandpoint native Bri Williams opened Refined Aesthetics...
Alternative: Part 2
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff At Lake Pend Oreille High School, there’s no homework. Students call teachers by their first names. In most every case of late or incomplete work, there are second chances....
‘Anything in my power’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Of all the threats to pregnant women — chemicals, litter boxes, hot tubs and more — Sandpoint woman Jessica Rachels didn’t know she was putting her unborn baby at...
Mad About Science: M1 Abrams
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Memorial day was on Monday. How did you spend it? I want to do my part to honor the fallen as well as those that have served to make...
Grandpa and the Mountain Goats
By Mark Cochran Reader Contributor “Grandpa, have you ever seen a real mountain goat, like that statue over there?” “Yes, I have. Many of them, right here on this very mountaintop.” “Here on Scotchman...
