Lesser-known games to liven up the holidays
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Family and friends coming together for the holidays is the perfect excuse to dust off the board games and reshuffle the cards; and, for most people, that means playing a...
Author: Ben Olson
‘A journey through Ireland’
A Celtic Christmas with Everdream By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The famed trio Everdream has once again made the more than 4,000-mile journey from Ireland to the Inland Northwest for their annual performance of A...
Mad about Science: Working trucks
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist Living and working around here, we’ve seen our fair share of unique work trucks on the road. Logging rigs, cement trucks, garbage trucks — all of them perform specific and...
Holiday Gift Guide: Local gifts
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The holiday season is a busy and prosperous time for local businesses, which rely on the sales boost to carry them through the rest of the offseason. Unlike buying from...
A quiet, brooding masterpiece
Train Dreams is a film that captures the Gothic desperation of North Idaho By Ben OlsonReader Staff Underneath the paved streets, the brick buildings, real estate offices and fast-food joints, there exists another North Idaho. It’s...
Local dancers present fourth annual Nutcracker performance at the Panida
By Kristi StevensReade Contributor Allegro Dance Studio will present its fourth annual production of The Nutcracker, with performances Friday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m....
City Hall to host workshop on City Beach RV park concepts
Survey also active to gauge preferred priorities By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Area residents will have the chance to weigh in on how they wish to see the publicly owned RV park property at City...
BOCC to clarify partnership with Fair Board
Fairgrounds employees have no ‘reporting responsibility’ to Fair Board By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Bonner County Fairgrounds has been at the center of a heated discussion since a special Bonner County board of commissioners...
Leadership transition underway at Idaho Conservation League
By Reader Staff After seven years as executive director of the Idaho Conservation League, Justin Hayes has announced that he will leave the organization to pursue the next chapter of his career dedicated to...
Idaho just learned what happens without guardrails — vouchers would make it worse
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor Good governance depends on accountability. Idaho just got a hard reminder of why. The nonpartisan Office of Performance Evaluations released a 129-page evaluation of the Idaho Home Learning Academy, a...
