Follicle chronicles
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Some people keep diaries to remember the various stages of their life. Others dedicate themselves to elaborate photo albums. My phases are meticulously logged on an index card tucked...
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Keeping fur in the family
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When Mandy Evans started her work as executive director of the Panhandle Animal Shelter about a decade ago, the shelter operated under a traditional animal welfare philosophy. For instance,...
The best things in life are free
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Those looking for a free, family friendly and pandemic-precaution-possible activity can look no further than the Bonner County History Museum, as it hosts its regular Free First Saturday event...
Seeking your own breakfast nirvana
By Ben Olson Reader Staff As Ron Swanson once said, “There has never been a sadness that can’t be cured by breakfast food.” With the opening of Breakfast Cantina in Ponderay in December, local...
Chamber awards winners of 2020 holiday window decorating competition
By Reader Staff The Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the winners of the third annual Holiday Window Decorating Competition. The winners will receive free advertising courtesy of our generous donors,...
Kaniksu Health Services breaks ground on new clinic
By Reader Staff Three of the five Kaniksu Health Services clinic locations will soon be combined into one, purpose-built clinic. Designed to be more focused on health care integration and the patient experience, the...
From the ground up
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff It’s a balmy 40-degree January morning in Sandpoint, and Dan Wimberly and his volunteer construction crew are hard at work building a Habitat for Humanity home for a local family...
Bringing the herd together
By Ben Olson Reader Staff If there’s one word that encapsulates the Carousel of Smiles restoration project for Reno Hutchison, it’s “magic.” Reno and her husband Clay have brought the restoration of this one-of-a-kind...
When one door closes, another opens
By Reader Staff Local publisher Bonner Media recently announced its grand opening as Sandpoint’s downtown source for signs and decals following the closure of Mountain Sky Signs and Printing. The company offers indoor and...
The 11th hour
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff According to Business Insider, there are 11 common traits of highly intelligent people: they’re adaptable, they understand how much they don’t know, they are curious about the world, they’re...
