The corrupted blood incident
By Brenden Bobby Reader Staff What if I told you that, in 2005, a massive plague swept across the land, infecting tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of people and leaving several major cities in...
Author: Ben Olson
The Toad Highway and Troy Mine Site
By Kathleen Clayton Reader Contributor They’re green or brown and covered by warts. They have bulging eyes with horizontal slits. And heck, they don’t even hop. Even so, the western toad gets a highway...
The flag, football and the destruction of American culture
By Christian Rose Reader Contributor For much of my life I never felt particularly obligated nor overly inclined to stand and salute the flag during the national anthem. I did it, of course, but...
Working lands for tomorrow
By Eric Grace Reader Contributor After 50 years of carefully tending the land with her late husband, Barney, Bonner County resident Lois Blasko has established a conservation easement over her scenic 350-acre farmstead. While...
Prescribed burning planned
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Fire managers on the Idaho Panhandle National Forests plan to conduct prescribed burning across multiple Ranger Districts in the coming weeks. The planned burning will include a combination of...
Fall Fest at Kootenai Elementary
By Reader Staff The playground at Kootenai Elementary School will transform into a festive carnival on Friday, Oct. 6. The annual event is a fundraiser for the Kootenai Parent-Teacher Association and promises to be...
Writing in pursuit of justice
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer Chip Crandle is restless. He’s 60, and he’s been living life on the safe track in the isolated woods of North Idaho. That is, until he is inspired...
100 Thousand Poets for Change hosts open mic
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Lost Horse Press and the Bonner County Human Rights Task Force are teaming up for the fifth year to present a 100 Thousand Poets for Change Poetry and Music...
Manhattan Short Film Festival
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff If brevity is the soul of wit, then prepare for some sharp, incisive filmmaking when the Manhattan Short Film Festival rolls into town this weekend. Short films too often...
The ‘good time’ band
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer Country music as a genre can be polarizing — most people either love it or hate it. Sandpoint country artist Devon Wade knows this, so when people tell...
