Surviving and thriving
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County is home to an array of hardworking nonprofits that keep their heads down and their doors open, providing essential services to people who find themselves working through...
Category: Community Happenings
One more race
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff On Sunday, July 10, Sandpoint will experience what Jacey Lawson calls “race day magic” — that is, the feeling of love and community that surfaces during the annual Jacey’s...
Sandpoint Lions Club to host Fourth of July festivities in Sandpoint
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There are many timeless pairings in life: Romeo and Juliet, peanut butter and jelly, Batman and Robin. When July rolls around, though, Sandpoint gets to enjoy the winning combination...
‘A friendly place to do business’
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Chevron station on the corner of Main Street and Highway 200 in Clark Fork has existed in that spot “since Clark Fork started selling gas,” estimates lifetime local...
CAL supports local students, organizations
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Community Assistance League met June 20 for “A Celebration of Giving,” the organization’s annual gathering to recognize those who have received grants and scholarships. About 100 people packed...
Community joins forces to feed kids while summer meal program is on hold
By Reader Staff For local children, summer vacation is a time for swimming, biking and playing with friends. For the 40% of children in east Bonner County who depend on free and reduced-cost meals...
Packed for Portugal
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff On paper, Cindy Marx is retiring. In reality, she is launching on a grand adventure. Marx will work her last day as executive director of Sandpoint nonprofit Community Cancer...
Women Honoring Women awards Patti Speelmon
By Reader Staff The Women Honoring Women committee recently announced Patti Speelmon will receive the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award, recognizing her as “a doer, a leader, a giver, and an individual who never seems...
Generations of ’50s
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff When the coronavirus pandemic waylaid every event in the spring of 2020, Carolyn Gleason assured the people of North Idaho that there would be a 35th Lost in the...
Local donors contribute $134K to Bonner Homeless Transitions
By Bonner Homeless Transitions Reader Contributor On behalf of the Bonner Homeless Transitions Board of Directors, program managers and employees we want to thank all of the donors in support of the Avenues For...
