By Reader Staff For local children, summer vacation is a time for swimming, biking and playing with friends. For the 40% of children in east Bonner County who depend on free and reduced-cost meals...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Once a week you open the Reader, get to this article and probably do one of two things: eagerly anticipate what new information you might learn or turn the...
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Reader Publisher Ben Olson’s most recent “Back of the Book” piece, “The Morning After the Election” [May 19, 2022], had a phrase that I can’t get out of my...
By Cate Huisman Reader Contributor My earlier piece about what we can’t do to address our crisis in workforce housing [Reader, Opinion, “What we can’t do to address our housing crisis,” April 21, 2022]...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The morning after the election, I took a walk. The dark computer screen across the room beckoned me to waggle the mouse and wake it while I tied my...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Gerry “Rocky” Seader has been playing the drums since the age of 10 and drumming on the road with classic rock ’n’ roll acts since the age of 18....
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Twice a year, in her attempt to embrace the muse, Dorothy Prophet directs and produces a play with local actors. After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, Prophet is...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Time is a tricky topic. On the surface, we all know what time is: It’s a measurement of our day. So why do some days seem like they go...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The top-of-the-ticket contests in the May 17 Idaho primary election resulted in still-unofficial wins for GOP incumbent Gov. Brad Little and Oakley Republican Rep. Scott Bedke (for more on...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It was generally agreed by Idaho politicians and politics watchers alike that the May 17 primary election would be a game-changer for the Statehouse in Boise. It did not...
