The magic garlic bus
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It’s safe to say that most everyone knows it when Ben and Claire Ronniger’s magic garlic bus rolls through town. Eight tons of garlic crammed into a 40-foot bus...
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The Lumberjill: Idaho — love it or leave it?
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist If you don’t like Idaho’s values, then leave. This rhetorical dead end, usually aimed at anyone feeling a modicum of consternation regarding our state’s political climate, was directed...
Repairs continue as new culvert is placed on Dufort Road
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County Road and Bridge crews took a major step in repairing Dufort Road this week when they installed a new culvert to replace the one that failed in...
Council adopts ‘civility and decorum’ ordinance
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Civility governing interactions between the public and staff at City Hall, as well as decorum at public meetings, are at the core of a new ordinance approved July 5...
Emily Articulated: Emergency math
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist I was at mile 17 of my 26-mile mountain marathon when the straps on the backpack started to feel like they were chafing. By the 18th mile, the chafing...
Mad About Science: Geodes
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Did you know that there are some rocks and gemstones that only exist on Earth? As far as we are aware, there is nowhere else for tens, hundreds, perhaps...
Following Durst contract approval in W. Bonner School District, trustees face recall
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Weeks of controversy have roiled the West Bonner County School District, as its trustees have hosted a number of charged public board meetings related to the hiring of Branden...
Unite in the name of independence
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff From pancake feeds to foot races, fantastic parades to fireworks, North Idaho does the Fourth of July right. Here’s a selection of some local events meant to celebrate U.S....
ID Supreme Court affirms Festival’s right to ban guns at War Memorial Field
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The yearslong legal controversy over the Festival at Sandpoint’s prohibition of firearms at War Memorial Field during its yearly summer concert series has ended with the Idaho Supreme Court,...
Extension request for BoCo Fairgrounds RV park project denied
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation has denied an extension request from Bonner County for the use of a $473,000 grant meant to expand the RV campground at...
