Gardening with Laurie: Spring at last!
By Laurie Brown Reader Columnist After a several false starts, spring is finally really here. The cottonwoods went from bare to leafed out in about three days. The dandelions are blooming. The air feels...
Author: Ben Olson
Nothing beats a good hunting story
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff North Idaho’s love of hunting will take center stage at the Panida Friday evening as the Full Draw Film Tour makes a stop in Sandpoint. This is Jade Helmich’s...
Summerfest: It’s ba-ack!
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Sometimes you can’t keep a good thing down. When Sandpoint Summerfest organizers announced that 2017 would be the last year for the popular annual music festival in Sagle, many...
‘All You Need Is Love’
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A Beatles reunion tour in 2018 might be impossible, but Wayne Coy isn’t one to let that stand in his way. Fab Four fans of the modern day are...
Scotchman Peaks: Myths and facts (and compromise)
By Ben Olson Reader Staff No matter if you are voting in favor of the Scotchman Peaks wilderness designation or against it, it’s important to separate the facts from the myths. This sidebar attempts...
The trail to the ballot: How the politics of Scotchman Peaks evolved over time
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff One might not expect the eye-popping vistas of Scotchman Peaks to be the symbolic site of a political battlefield. Yet as pro- and anti-wilderness advocates mobilize for a May...
A local piece of America’s land management history
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Scotchman Peaks Wilderness issue is reaching a climax after not just a few decades of debate, but rather almost a century of a familiar American narrative: to preserve,...
Myrtle Creek Rd. open
By Reader Staff The Bonners Ferry Ranger District is opening all of Myrtle Creek Road, FSR# 633, in Boundary County. The road had been closed to prevent damage due to a soft road bed...
Sandbags available to combat imminent flooding
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Predictions that this year’s above-average snowpack would lead to flooding are coming to fruition. Bonner County Emergency Management announced Wednesday that the warm temperatures, runoff and rain mean the...
Community rallies to support flower baskets
By Reader Staff When the BID (Business Improvement District) was dissolved last year, it became clear certain things would dissolve with it — namely, the annual hanging of vibrant flower baskets throughout downtown from...
