Growing pains
By K.L. Huntley Reader Contributor A long, long time ago I lived in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas in a town originally built during the gold rush of 1849. Without the use of...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
Mad About Science: The science of 2022
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist It’s the final Thursday of 2022, which seems like a great time to take a look back at the science that happened this year. Due to the cutting-edge nature...
A rule in common
By Barbara Russell Reader Contributor On Oct. 21, 1985, First Lady Nancy Reagan presented the United Nations with the gift of a mosaic on behalf of the United States in celebration of its 40th...
BoCo adopts updated Goals, Objectives and Policies for the Comp Plan
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously Dec. 21 to adopt updates to the Bonner County Comprehensive Plan’s Goals, Objectives and Policies document while facing concerns about lack of public involvement...
The soft underbelly of a humbug
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Maybe it’s because I was born the day after Christmas that I became a humbug. Throughout my childhood, Christmas always loomed before my birthday; the annual eclipse that left...
Raised on Rosie O’Donnell Christmas
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Rosie O’Donnell of my childhood made Christmas music. I think her role in the 1992 film A League of Their Own existed somewhere in the recesses of my...
Last-minute gift guide 2022
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Each Christmas edition for the past couple of years, the Reader has published a last-minute gift guide for those locals who, as one Facebook meme I saw today put...
A Christmas Story Christmas is more a rumination on mortality than a holiday romp
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A Christmas Story is, to a certain population, among the quintessential ruminations on the seasonal experience — at least from the perspective of a couple of smart-aleck kids, one...
A boost for the brainy
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Sage Saccomanno, a 2020 graduate of Sandpoint High School, is entering the world of entrepreneurship in hopes of spreading the philosophy that smart is stylish. Now studying biochemistry at...
Mayor’s Roundtable: Investing in infrastructure to meet the housing demand
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor Last week I introduced the Leland Report that was presented to the city council on Dec. 7. The purpose of the report was to help guide the city’s...
