‘Part of the family’
Kathy Chambers shares the joy of hosting foreign exchange students through Sandpoint Rotary By Ben OlsonReader Staff After hosting foreign exchange students in her Sandpoint home over the years, Kathy Chambers now hopes to...
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Come with me if you want to laugh
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is the AI dystopian romp we all need By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Long before our current collective freakout over artificial intelligence, Hollywood has been toying with anxieties over...
SPOT bus opens new north-south route across the Long Bridge
Daily service intended to maintain access while pedestrian bridge is closed for safety By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The Selkirks-Pend Oreille Transit Authority announced it had established a new route June 12 with stops at...
Mad about Science: Perspective on dinosaurs
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist We have a skewed view of dinosaurs. Much of what we envision when we look back to the ages of dinosaurs has been influenced by a singular media event: Jurassic...
Emily Articulated: Shrinking
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist There’s no shortage of places to consume celebrity culture. From award shows and courtside seats to press tours, junkets, movies, television and endless social media reposts, public figures are constantly...
Dogsmile Adventures returns to the Race to Alaska
By Reader Staff Follow Dogsmile Adventures, a therapeutic sailing nonprofit based on Lake Pend Oreille, as it participates in the 2026 Race to Alaska. The race covers 750 cold-water miles from Port Townsend, Wash.,...
PHD passes budget, funds clinic overhaul
Commissioners consider “concierge medical services” for employees By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Commissioners from the five northern counties met June 18 with Panhandle Health District officials to reconsider the organization’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget after...
Uncommonly beautiful style at The Hive
By Reader Staff At the onset, the music of The Sweet Lillies is heartfelt and collaborative. The Boulder, Colo. quartet conjures a sonic amalgamation between members Julie Gussaroff, Becca Bisque, JJ Murphy and Jones...
Panida executive director resigns
White makes the fourth ED to resign from the theater since 2021 By Ben OlsonReader Staff The Panida Board of Directors announced June 15 that Executive Director Heather White resigned from her position effective...
Averill granted one-year permit extension for Bridge St. resort hotel project
Company rep: ‘This is the project we want to do, we just need more time to do it’ By Zach HagadoneReader Staff After years of presentations and workshops, design work, community conversation and often...
