Wisdom in the Wild:
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Looking through photographer Paul Bannick’s intimate portraits of owls, it’s easy to see why these mysterious birds have captured his attention for more than a decade. Their silent grace...
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Sen. Risch defends Warren silencing
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, does not regret his part in silencing Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, Tuesday night. In a statement on the Senate floor Wednesday, Risch vigorously defended his...
LPOSD Taking preventative action against Spokane mumps outbreak
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Lake Pend Oreille School District is circling the wagons in hopes a mumps outbreak in Spokane doesn’t reach North Idaho. With Spokane mumps cases growing worse by the day,...
Where to send your kids for Summer Camp – 2017
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff It’s that time of year again… for summer camp? That’s right. You’d be surprised how fast some of these camps fill up. As we have done every year, here...
POAC Performance Series: Fraser & Haas
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Alasdair Fraser has long been regarded as Scotland’s premier fiddle ambassador. Natalie Haas has been described as a “sizzlingly-talented young Californian cellist.” The two of them join forces to...
Underpants
By PollyAnna Reader Staff It’s cold. And snowy. Wow, Anna, I hear you saying, your powers of observation are downright stunning. You know… I just felt like it needed saying. In between trying to...
The Sandpoint Eater: Super Foods
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist My favorite part of Super Bowl Sunday is shopping, unhurriedly, in patron-free stores. Five years ago I learned of this little known shopping secret by accident when I...
A brief history of Super Bowl Halftime Show controversies
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff In these divided times, so many questions linger. What changes will Donald Trump’s first year as president bring to the country? Will the left and right wings of the...
Dark History: The night the cribs burned in Old Sandpoint
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Editor’s Note: This is the third installment on an ongoing series highlighting the “Dark History” of Old Sandpoint. The Bonner County History Museum helped provide information for this article,...
Rest in peace, Tilikum
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Tilikum died on Jan. 6. In a kinder world he world he would be a vibrant, middle-aged dominant male, like a chief in a pod of orcas, swimming 100...
