A ‘cozy’ fire?
By Todd Wendle Reader Contributor It was 8:30 p.m. on a Tuesday, in the low-40s and threatening rain. “Dear, what do you think about building us a fire in the fireplace? It would be...
Category: Health
NAMI Far North opens Clubhouse
By Reader Staff In the span of just 11 months, NAMI Far North has successfully planned, built and opened the Sand Creek Connections Clubhouse, a life-changing project that follows the evidence-based, data-driven Clubhouse International...
Mad about Science: Rhinovirus
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Two months into the school year and a biting chill falls upon the land. Overnight, everyone is coughing, hacking and oozing all manner of vile ichors — the tide...
Bruce Willis, I am not
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff My intense fear of crashing into the ocean and being eaten by sharks has never stopped me from having a good time on an airplane. All my experiences —...
Keeping the home fires burning
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Everyone needs a little help from time to time. That’s the mantra of North Idaho Firewood Rescue. Now, the nonprofit organization — which has helped locals heat their homes...
Mad About Science: Candy
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist It’s All Hallows Eve and the Reader is stuffed to bursting. Spooky stories, Halloween parties and frightful electoral outrage bring ghoulish fright to every page. Ink flows, dripping like...
Northwest Autobody’s ‘Deervember’ helps feed Bonner County
By David Keyes Reader Contributor The need is real. The Bonner Community Food Bank has never been hit as hard as it has been this year. An average of 3,000 people used the organization’s...
A fool’s paradise
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It’s a wild time to be alive. In an age when information is so readily available, it takes seconds to answer a question with an online search that might...
Republican politicians show zero mercy as abortion ban hurts women
By Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise Reader Contributor What happened to Jennifer Adkins is a nightmare any Idaho family could face. A devoted mother from Caldwell, Adkins and her husband were eager to have a...
The Lumberjill: Abortion is not a four-letter word
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist “Abortion is health care.” These words came from the lips of Sandpoint’s own Dr. Amelia Huntsberger, as she testified to the Senate Finance Committee last week about the...
