Feeling thankful for the Fall Folk Festival
By Ed Ohlweiler Reader Contributor My wife Pam and I have been attending the Fall Folk Festival for 15-20 years now (let’s just say “umpteen” years for argument’s sake); and, once again, the festival...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
An eye on affordability
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff For many, the prioritization of certain health care services over others is a monetary necessity. Dental work falls by the wayside in favor of paying for an important medication,...
The future of winter recreation and tourism in Idaho
By Aly Bean Reader Contributor I grew up in Colorado, but didn’t get into skiing until I was in college in Durango. The local resort was named Purgatory, but the name officially changed to...
Mad About Science: The Artemis Program
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will...
Voices in the Wilderness
By Phil Hough Reader Contributor We gather around friends and families during the holiday season — frequently counting our many blessings. While we’re at it, let’s include wild places among them. We have families...
Investigation into late-fair director continues
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff As the Sandpoint Police Department continues to investigate “the potential misuse of public funds” at the Bonner County Fairgrounds on the part of late-Fair Director Darcey Smith, public records...
A few thoughts … On the dictionary
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist I am keeping my promise not to write about politics for a while; and it may be forever. It seems moot. We are stuck in a political and ideological...
A hometown holiday
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff There is an energy in live music that seems impossible to capture on a record. When a musician truly connects with an audience, a conversation takes place without any...
A little grunge, a lot of growth
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Sarah Vos, vocalist and guitarist for the Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based Dead Horses, describes the folk band’s 2022 album Brady Street as a “coming-of-age” work. It’s a telling sentiment, encapsulating Dead...
The English is a brilliant, hard-edged Western
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff After a lifetime of watching Western movies, there came a line in the 2015 independent film Bone Tomahawk (starring Kurt Russell) that altered my view not only of the...
