The Swede takes to the water in local ceremony
By Ben Olson Reader Staff A wooden boat built by renowned local boatbuilder Herrick “Swede” Heitman began its second life on July 4 as new owner Brian Scott launched it under its new moniker...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
Freedom for all people
By Barbara Russell Reader Contributor In 2009, the United Nations designated July 18 as Nelson Mandela International Day to shine a light on the legacy of the man born on that date in 1918...
Mad About Science: Lapidary arts
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist I first learned about the Mohs scale in elementary school — a simplified, tiered ranking of various minerals ranging in hardness, each one able to scratch the one beneath...
The Lumberjill: Idaho — love it or leave it?
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist If you don’t like Idaho’s values, then leave. This rhetorical dead end, usually aimed at anyone feeling a modicum of consternation regarding our state’s political climate, was directed...
Repairs continue as new culvert is placed on Dufort Road
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County Road and Bridge crews took a major step in repairing Dufort Road this week when they installed a new culvert to replace the one that failed in...
Local wildfires prompt aggressive approach
By Reader Staff Two lightning-caused fires are currently burning in or near Bonner County, and both are undergoing aggressive attack from fire personnel. The Bee Top Fire is located about five miles up Lightning...
Council adopts ‘civility and decorum’ ordinance
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Civility governing interactions between the public and staff at City Hall, as well as decorum at public meetings, are at the core of a new ordinance approved July 5...
Sandpoint’s hip Canadian sister Nelson
By Ben Olson Reader Staff I’ve been visiting Nelson, B.C. regularly since high school. Back then, I owned the worst fake ID ever created, which was purchased from a shady store in Spokane during...
Finding humor at home
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Parents about to send their youngest children out into the world are known to take up new hobbies as they anticipate their new lives as “empty-nesters.” Moms might join...
Tennis returns
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Fresh off graduating from college and working my summer job at a lakeside restaurant back home in Hope, I found myself in a sort of social purgatory: too old...
