By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff While the extended local forecast calls for freezing temperatures, there’s a hot-and-bothered front moving in as we approach Valentine’s Day on Sunday, Feb. 14 — perfect conditions for Dark...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist This past couple of weeks felt like a carnival ride, filled with hills and chills, and spills and shills. And per usual, when I feel angst, I feed my...
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...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist I’m so grateful that everyone in my family has thus far dodged the COVID-19 bullet. It’s challenging to stay healthy and relevant in these lockdown days, though most of...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff As a born-and-raised Sandpointian, I’m always on the lookout for the next big “locals’ hangout” to remind me what this place is all about. I think I may have...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff New year, new me — right? Everybody loves a good New Year’s resolution. On second thought, everybody loves the idea of a New Year’s resolution. There’s something so hopeful...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Unpopular opinion: I’m not a super big fan of most of what we eat during the holidays. I like turkey and all the trimmings, but it’s more to do...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Staff Ever since my youngest, Casey, has had babies, my Christmas routine has been flying to Chicago, spending a week and then leaving Christmas morning on the earliest flight. I’d...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Thanks to a partnership between Lake Pend Oreille High School and the Bonner Community Food Bank, 150 hot holiday meals made it to the plates of people in need...
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...
