Got stress?
By The Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society Special to the Reader If you’re feeling stressed or out of sorts, a 20-minute walk in a natural, forested setting can produce positive changes in your body and...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
Dirt-y Secrets
By Ranel Hansen Reader Columnist Let’s call this midsummer since it really only began in July. This year we must be careful and be responsible. Luckily, we can garden and now is when our...
Bits ‘n’ Pieces: August 13, 2020
By Lorraine H. Marie Reader Columnist East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling: Median farm income was negative $1,569 annually between 1996 and 2017,...
Festival memories from the Reader staff
Full circle at The Festival By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Though I’ve lived in Bonner County all my life, I’d attended The Festival maybe once before I was asked to walk onto its stage...
Bonner County Fair is a go
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The 2020 Bonner County Fair will showcase the best of the community’s animals, projects and garden bounty from Wednesday, Aug. 19 through Saturday, Aug. 22. The fair will also...
County seeks input on Rapid Lightning Creek bridge rebuild
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Road and Bridge is seeking input from motorists who travel Rapid Lightning Creek Road, as the department plans to replace the upper bridge in coming years. According...
Turf installed at War Memorial Field
Kids ran and played ball, some turning cartwheels and kicking up bits of cork in the process, on the new War Memorial Field turf Aug. 7, as city dignitaries milled about in preparation of...
County weighs mining code change
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff On the Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission agenda for Aug. 27 is a code change that, if enacted, would streamline and simplify the permitting process for certain types...
Lawyers, guns and money
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As Bonner County’s lawsuit against the city of Sandpoint regarding The Festival at Sandpoint’s weapons policy approaches its first birthday, a second suit — filed by...
A few thoughts on liberty and justice for all
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist Bill Hodge, Rob Mason and I are rolling slowly down Bloody Dick Creek Road in the Beaverhead National Forest toward a tour of Big Sheep Creek National Backcountry Byway....
