Dear Earth
By Savannah WillisonReader Contributor Dear Earth, I’m writing to you today to express my gratitude toward you. How you’re always changing, adapting, demanding. Thank you for the sunshine, it’s been needed. Thank you for...
Category: Local charities
Ponderay Rotary supports the city of Ponderay with AED equipment
By Reader Staff Ponderay Rotary recently announced that it has purchased and donated an automated external defibrillator for Ponderay’s skating rink, The Pond, and held a training session for the staff and club members...
Hoot Owl soup kitchen marks 12 years
By Ben OlsonReader Staff For the past 12 years, the Hoot Owl Cafe has hosted a soup kitchen every Monday night to feed the community — an anniversary celebrated by volunteers and patrons on...
Nominations open for 2026 Women of Wisdom
By Reader Staff Women Honoring Women is now accepting nominations for inclusion in the 2026 Women of Wisdom, which has recognized some of Bonner County’s leading residents for their service and leadership since 1999....
BTAA releases 2025 Annual Report
By Reader Staff Better Together Animal Alliance recently released its 2025 Annual Report, tallying the thousands of animals and families the nonprofit helped throughout the year and looking to the future. The statistics highlight...
From a $50 seed to $14,900
How a fourth-grade gingerbread house became a lesson in community, legacy and multiplying good By Reader Staff By the time the pizza boxes were opened and the checks handed over, six fourth-graders at Priest...
‘Inspiring a very kind and loving community’
Valentine’s for Seniors program collects thousands of cards each year By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, volunteers with Bonner County’s Valentine’s for Seniors program have begun to set up baskets all...
Sandpoint Elks donate to local organizations helping with food insecurity
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Everyone needs a little help from time to time. The Sandpoint Elks Lodge No. 1376 presented three Bonner County nonprofit organizations with grant dollars on Dec. 4 to help with...
Happy trails
FSPW founding Director Phil Hough passes the torch to Rose Olson By Zach HagadoneReader Staff For 21 years, Phil Hough has been the face — and motive power — behind Friends of Scotchman Peaks...
POAC hosts Masterpiece Ball
By Reader Staff It’s said that art imitates life, but at the Pend Oreille Arts Council’s Masterpiece Ball on Friday, Oct. 24, life will imitate art. Beginning at 6 p.m., attendees are invited to...
