Gills before gobbles
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Hopping on a boat and fishing the fickle fall waters of Lake Pend Oreille is not for the faint of heart. That hasn’t stopped oodles of locals from layering...
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Dirt-y Secrets: Winter approaches
By Ranel Hanson Reader Columnist “They who sing through summer, must dance through winter.” — Italian Proverb There is no doubt about it, we are entering a new season and it’s likely to be...
Mad About Science: Novels
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Libraries possess one thing in spades: novels. What exactly constitutes a novel? A novel is a narrative work of fiction that focuses on characters moving a plot over the...
The hidden homeless
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The word “paradise” is often tossed around to describe towns like Sandpoint. But scratch beneath the surface in resort towns across the West and evidence of issues like housing...
BoCo Fairgrounds under investigation
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff An investigation into “the potential misuse of public funds” at the Bonner County Fairgrounds is underway, prompting local law enforcement officials to urge constituents to “avoid incendiary...
Meet Reader, the library cat
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Clark Fork Library has a new employee, but he’s more likely to “meow” his greeting than offer book suggestions. That new addition is Reader, a black-furred, yellow-eyed kitten...
From dream to hard-earned reality
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Lena Haug likes a challenge. The professional equestrian has never shied from the unknown, whether it was leading horseback expeditions as a teen in Chile or, more recently, in...
Conservation: From the Timber Wars to collaboration — Pt. 3
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff This article is Part 2 of the conclusion to a series of articles supported by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council and sponsored by Friends of Scotchman Peaks...
Mad About Science: Language
By Brenden Bobby Reader Staff Language is a bit of an enigma. It’s impossible to pin dates on the development of a particular spoken language. If it’s a written language there will be records,...
Midterm 2022 election results
By Zach Hagadone and Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Midterms often draw fewer voters than presidential elections, but a few big-ticket ballot items brought citizens to the polls in unusual numbers. Most of the up-ballot races...
