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By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Everyone should spend an hour with Lois Miller. You might laugh. You might learn a lot. You might even share too many personal details about yourself, just because it...
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Pend Oreille County hosts contentious rezone hearing
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Pend Oreille County Commissioners held a public hearing Wednesday evening at Newport High School to hear comments on four proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments, one of which captured most of...
The Sandpoint Eater: A big appetite for adventure
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist With a big appetite for adventure, and curious to learn more about the exotic region of Southeast Asia, I recently headed to Vietnam and Cambodia. Though I consider...
Q&A with Library Board candidates
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff With the East Bonner County Library District offering bigger facilities and more services than ever, the leadership of its board of trustees is similarly expanded. This Tuesday, May 21,...
Mad About Science: Superbears
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist It’s a bird, it’s a plane! It’s a bear that weighs as much as an F-150! Bears are perhaps the most majestic, awe-inspiring creatures in North America. They are...
Emily Articulated: A whole new kind of smirk
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Absentmindedly spooning another mound of sugar into my Peruvian Americano, I looked out the cafe window into Cusco’s central plaza. There were two large cathedrals towering like bookends on...
Priest River ‘Space Day’ welcomes astronaut
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Priest River Elementary students had an assembly day last Friday that encouraged them to shoot for the stars — or at least planetary orbit. Teacher and former astronaut Barbara...
County grants tax exemptions to four businesses
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Commissioners approved four business property tax exemptions Tuesday in an effort, they said, to stimulate local business growth and create more well-paying, permanent jobs. Mountain Metals, a...
Mad About Science: Seeds, sprouts & beyond
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Our area has some passionate farmers and gardeners. Our area also has a pretty nasty reputation for having abysmal soil that no amount of potting soil can save. If...
Single in Sandpoint: ‘50s folks
By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist It’s that special time of year in Sandpoint: Birds are singing, flowers are blooming, the snow has melted and it’s been a month since the last time a snow...
