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...
Category: Opening Hearts and Minds
A ‘niche’ service is optional; health care is not
By Jen Jackson QuintanoReader Contributor Women’s health care in Bonner County is having a rough go and, by extension, so are patients. Yet, instead of seeing access to care for half our population as...
What parents and community members need to know about measles in Bonner County
By Dr. Andrew VizcarraReader Contributor Bonner County has recently seen a confirmed case of measles — something many families haven’t encountered in decades. Measles is an ancient disease with known patterns of infection, rates...
The unlikeliest of outcomes
By Ben OlsonReader Staff If you noticed some pigs flying by your living room window earlier this summer, the sun rising in the west and a fine frosty crust settling over Hell, don’t worry;...
Self-sufficiency, compassion and the philosophy of ‘chugal’
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The green-thumbed students at Lake Pend Oreille High School have been giving back to the community by building and maintaining gardens of all shapes and sizes — even portable...
Heartbroken in Sandpoint
By TJ Redden Reader Contributor I am absolutely heartbroken for Sandpoint. Our town is no longer even recognizable. Once a peaceful place filled with kindness and neighborly care, where people minded their own business...
Utah voucher law found unconstitutional, Idaho’s law is also vulnerable
By Ben Olson Reader Contributor A district judge in Utah issued a marvelous decision on April 18, finding Utah’s school voucher law to be unconstitutional. The 60-page decision was based on a variety of...
Do you believe in the Constitution?
By Timothy Braatz Reader Staff The U.S. Constitution, written in 1787, is a brief instructional manual, sketching out a federal government, what it can and cannot do — a barebones blueprint. Not much to...
Closet cosplay
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff There comes a time in every nerd’s life when they get the urge to shirk their responsibilities and step into the life of their favorite fictional character. Sometimes, it’s...
Free nerd
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff It’s no secret that I’m a nerd. I’ve waxed poetic about The Lord of the Rings and Star Trek enough in these pages for the average reader to pick...
