The weird and wonderful world of yard sales in North Idaho
By Susan Drinkard Reader Contributor I started going to garage sales when I moved to North Idaho about 40 years ago. I think it’s great fun and also a “ministry” of sorts. I come...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
Mad About Science: The human brain
By Ben Olson Reader Staff We humans like to think we have some pretty big brains, but the truth is that size doesn’t matter for intelligence. What defines intelligence is the brain-to-body-mass ratio as...
Mayor’s Roundtable: Toward a brighter future
By Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor The last several weeks have been difficult for many. The skies have cleared after a week of some of the worst air quality readings we’ve seen in...
Bits ‘n’ Pieces: Sept. 24, 2020
By Lorraine H. Marie Reader Columnist East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling: The Trump administration’s negotiations with pharmaceutical companies to lower drug prices...
City of Ponderay awarded federal funds for lakeshore underpass
By Reader Staff The “little city with a big future” just got a big boost in its plans to build a pedestrian-bicycle underpass to the lakeshore with the recent announcement of a federal planning...
Crews containing Bernard, Callahan fires; now working West Branch fire
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Fire crews working the two major fires in the Bonner County area are steadily achieving containment, though a new blaze reported Sept. 16 is now burning about nine miles...
Accommodating the commode
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials visited the Springy Point Campground in Sagle this past spring to perform a regular facilities check, they came across an unwelcome surprise...
City files motion to recover costs in Festival gun suit
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Two weeks after a district judge ruled in favor of the city of Sandpoint in the lawsuit brought by Bonner County over The Festival at Sandpoint’s no-weapons policy, the...
The Late Night Buddhist
By Scott Taylor Reader Columnist A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of joining a mountain bike outing with four of the many athletic, kick-ass ladies who inhabit this beautiful playground in which...
LOR Foundation and KRFY team up for the 2020 U.S. Census
By Reader Staff As the Sept. 30 census deadline draws near, 88.5 KRFY Community Radio announced it has received a $1,000 Instagrant from the LOR Foundation to help get the word out to ensure...
