Mad About Science: Bonsai
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Have you ever looked at a bonsai tree and thought to yourself, “So what? It’s a tiny tree.” Exactly. Bonsai trees are tiny trees. They aren’t other plants masquerading...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
Hair like Erik’s
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor The more I came to know the recently departed sage of Sandpoint, Erik Daarstad, the more I thought about moving to Norway. My God, if one could live among...
Lake Pend Oreille begins to refill for summer
By Reader Staff On April 1, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials at Albeni Falls Dam began summer refill operations for Lake Pend Oreille, limiting outflows and allowing for the lake to take on...
BoCo commissioners will hear from Fair Board on preferred RV park location
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The April 4 meeting of the Bonner County Commissioners, which lasted a remarkable four hours prior to executive session, saw two split votes on matters related to the proposed...
So long and thanks for all the turns
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The end of the ski season at Schweitzer is always a little bittersweet. Everyone down in the valley is rejoicing at the first warm days of spring, leaving only...
The art of goosebumps
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Mattox Farm Productions has proven itself a force for musical good in Sandpoint, bringing nationally touring artists from a wide swath of genres and backgrounds to local stages. Despite...
Setting up pups for success
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff March 23 may have been National Puppy Day in the United States, but for one group of dedicated volunteers in Sandpoint, there’s no bad time to celebrate the joys...
Shooting for the stars
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Nothing captures the human imagination quite like space. Likewise, nothing holds so much possibility as space. What’s more, at no time since the 1960s has the public been so...
Dirt-y Secrets: A preseason garden checklist
By Ranel Hanson Reader Columnist “In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.” — Henry Rollins, punk rocker The earth is waking up soon, and we will see the evidence. Green leaves,...
County government 101
By Luke Omodt, Bonner Co. commissioner, Dist. 3 Reader Contributor What exactly is local government? Local government is any entity that has the statutory authority or jurisdiction to deliver services, enforce the law and collect...
