Anchoring a community
BoCo museum renews lease, plans for future expansions By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff After seven years of uncertainty, the Bonner County Historical Society and Museum renewed its lease in Lakeview Park on Sept. 2. The...
Author: Ben Olson
Western conifer seed bugs
By Brenden BobbyReader Staff September in Bonner County means three things: the tourists have mostly packed up with the endless convoy of RVs rambling back to wherever they came from, school has started and...
A vision for the future
Community Resource EnVision Center explores a bold new option for bringing the community together By Ben OlsonReader Staff Katie Begalke has a vision and it’s one that aligns perfectly with her work as the...
Femme-folk-rock band Fern Spores to play 219
By Reader Staff Olympia, Wash.-based femme-folk-rock band Fern Spores is returning to Sandpoint for a free show from 9 p.m.-midnight on Friday, Sept. 25 at the 219 Lounge (219 N. First Ave., in downtown...
Conservatory presents fourth annual SongFest
By Reader Staff The Music Conservatory of Sandpoint will host its fourth annual SongFest, featuring regional songwriters on Friday, Sept. 25 and Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Little Carnegie concert hall inside MCS (110...
BOCC to review Long Bridge marina expansion proposal
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Bonner County Board of Commissioners will meet Thursday, Oct. 1 to discuss a conditional use permit application to expand the existing Long Bridge Marina. The public hearing comes after...
Project 7B hosts workshop on how BoCo code impacts properties
By Reader Staff Land use nonprofit Project 7B will host an educational workshop on how local code — such as the Bonner County comprehensive plan — affects the area’s landscape and future developments. The...
Bay Trail now open through Oct. 4
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff After two seasons of closures due to remediation work at the former Panhandle Smelting and Refining Company — a.k.a. Black Rock — the Pend d’Oreille Bay Trail is now open...
Emily Articulated: Efficiency, connection
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist What if efficiency sits at one end of a long spectrum — our ability to perform tasks or produce results with the least waste of time, resources or energy? We...
On Green Bay day use closure: Public lands are for the public
By Heidi DormanReader Contributor I read with disbelief in last week’s Reader about the closure of day use at Green Bay by the United States Forest Service. I live in the surrounding neighborhood and...
