Hard data
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Kochava Inc. drew international headlines Aug. 29 when the Federal Trade Commission announced a lawsuit aimed at the Sandpoint-based data broker and analytics company, alleging geolocation data sold by...
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Reasons for hope in the housing crisis
By Cate Huisman Reader Contributor Anyone who reads the “Bouquets and Barbs” column of this newspaper may recall a recent rant by Ben Olson, who serves our community both as the paper’s publisher and...
Dirt-y Secrets: Tips and tricks for maintaining a healthy backyard ecosystem this August
By Ranel Hanson Reader Columnist “Make hay while the sun shines.” — Proverb No truer words were ever spoken. Now is the time to celebrate all growing things and to bask in the life-giving...
The bear in the yard
By Brad Smith Reader Contributor One evening my mom opened the front door at our home in West Yellowstone, Mont., to head out and meet up with some friends. After taking one step out...
Director steps down amid political pressure on Boundary Co. Library
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Boundary County Library Director Kimber Glidden announced her resignation Aug. 16, effective Saturday, Sept. 10, following months of mounting pressure from a recall effort, as well as...
‘The excellent fruit’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Few fruits can claim such iconic status as the pineapple. Cultivated for centuries — maybe millenia — by the peoples of South and Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean,...
The Lumberjill: ‘You’re not the carefree woman I married’
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist A friend recently sent me a New Yorker cartoon. Depicted in it is a harried woman wearing a baby, a child and a dog begging for attention at...
Mad About Science: The Kardashev scale, Part II
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Last week, we learned about what kinds of civilizations could exist in the vast expanse of space and what kind of technology humans would need in order to achieve...
Mountain lion activity partially closes trails at Pine St. Woods
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Kaniksu Land Trust temporarily closed several trails at Pine Street Woods on Aug. 15 after mountain bikers reported seeing a dead deer near the Crooked Tree overlook. The organization...
Bonner County proposes $81M budget
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Sticker shock is a natural reaction upon first seeing the proposed Bonner County budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which features a jump from $62 million in FY 2022...
