Mad About Science: Superbears
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist It’s a bird, it’s a plane! It’s a bear that weighs as much as an F-150! Bears are perhaps the most majestic, awe-inspiring creatures in North America. They are...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
Lost in the ’50s: Schedule of Events
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Lost in the ‘50s weekend is often called the biggest party of the year in Sandpoint. It has served as the unofficial start to the busy season here in...
Emily Articulated: A whole new kind of smirk
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Absentmindedly spooning another mound of sugar into my Peruvian Americano, I looked out the cafe window into Cusco’s central plaza. There were two large cathedrals towering like bookends on...
Hope School Spring Fling this Saturday
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Hope Elementary School has been hosting an annual Spring Fling fundraiser for eight years now, and in that time, the event has evolved into a notably complex mashup of...
Priest River ‘Space Day’ welcomes astronaut
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Priest River Elementary students had an assembly day last Friday that encouraged them to shoot for the stars — or at least planetary orbit. Teacher and former astronaut Barbara...
Mosquito Creek Rd wildfire contained
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Last weekend’s above-average temperatures brought with them Bonner County’s first taste of fire season, as a burn pile on Mosquito Creek Road in Clark Fork spread to wildfire status...
Street named in Kramer’s honor
By Reader Staff Sandpoint council members renamed Ontario Street from Boyer to Ella Avenue as Jerry Kramer Way in honor of the NFL football legend. The honor comes just before a Panida Theater event featuring...
West Bonner County School District to vote on levy
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Educators in West Bonner County School District are hoping the second time is the charm for a $3 million-per-year supplemental levy. The levy proposal, which voters will consider on...
City ponders airport-area rezoning
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A battle between a local couple and the city of Sandpoint over a rezoning request continues to unfold following a Wednesday night council meeting. According to property owners Steve...
County grants tax exemptions to four businesses
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Commissioners approved four business property tax exemptions Tuesday in an effort, they said, to stimulate local business growth and create more well-paying, permanent jobs. Mountain Metals, a...
