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...
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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...
The Bard in brief
By Ben Olson Reader Staff If a person embarked on a mission to watch all of William Shakespeare’s plays from start to finish, the exercise would take just shy of five days — a...
A general overview of the general election
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Early voting is open at the Bonner County Administration Building from now through Friday, Nov. 4 at 5 p.m., after which those participating in local democracy must wait until...
Mad About Science: Weird, magical math
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Galileo once wrote: “Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.” Take that as literally or figuratively as you want, your decision is based on a...
