Let them eat twigs
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Mary Franzel considers herself a friend to wild animals. As such, she makes it a goal to keep them wild. She was in the middle of doing so —...
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Bullseye
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff There was a time when what you thought about guns didn’t somehow indicate your opinions on everything from electric cars to the germ theory of disease. There was also...
Short-term gains for long-term losses
By Ben Olson Reader Staff One of my favorite times to walk around downtown Sandpoint is “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning,” as Frank Sinatra put it. All the drunks from the...
Voices in the Wilderness: Hunting for a challenge in the backcountry
By Bart George Reader Contributor For most of us, it’s not an accident that we live in the Inland Northwest. Locals that have been here for generations love this place and are proud of...
Mad About Science: Walter Lincoln Hawkins
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist The subject of this week’s article is a unique man who left a lasting legacy. In fact, one of his inventions was used to ensure that the very words...
Keep BoCo Rural code amendment must be resubmitted
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff What was meant to be a Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission hearing Feb. 17 to discuss a proposed land use code amendment from Keep Bonner County Rural quickly...
Dan McDonald will not run again for BoCo commissioner
By Reader Staff Bonner County Commissioner Dan McDonald, who has served two terms in the District 3 seat over the past five years, announced Feb. 21 that he would not be running again in...
City Council votes to recognize Juneteenth as a public holiday
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Roganstad presented a resolution at the Feb. 16 regular City Council meeting to adopt June 19 — or “Juneteenth” — as an officially recognized holiday in...
BoCo legal counsel: ARPA spending ‘strings’ not a concern
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff After months of discussion and promises, the Bonner County Prosecutor’s Office has delivered an opinion on the possible “strings attached” to spending American Rescue Plan Act funds. The eight-page...
The other side of 20
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff I have long pointed to my relative youth as a main pillar of my identity. My residency in a retirement town and Boomer-dominated county has long made me feel...
