The weird and wonderful world of yard sales in North Idaho
By Susan Drinkard
Reader Contributor
I started going to garage sales when I moved to North Idaho about 40 years ago. I think it’s great fun and also a “ministry” …
By Susan Drinkard
Reader Contributor
I started going to garage sales when I moved to North Idaho about 40 years ago. I think it’s great fun and also a “ministry” …
By Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
The last several weeks have been difficult for many. The skies have cleared after a week of some of the worst air quality …
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of joining a mountain bike outing with four of the many athletic, kick-ass ladies who inhabit this …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
On Friday, Sept. 11, an unidentified projectile hit the Lakeside High School football team’s bus as the team departed Clark Fork. It broke through two …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I rushed from the kitchen to my little office desk, clutching my freshly steeped mug of tea in one hand and throwing open my laptop …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Recently, I witnessed a BMW fast little car and a burly Chevy pickup try to occupy the same lane space at the same time. The …
By Steve Holt
Reader Contributor
This is in response to Carrie Logan’s Aug. 18 guest opinion in the Bonner County Daily Bee [also published short-form in the Reader on Aug. …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
When I woke up the morning of Aug. 20, it was out of a dream that was almost comical. The protagonist of the story in …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Fall-scented candles are unrealistic. That isn’t to say they don’t smell absolutely wonderful. Who can say no to cinnamon, apple, carmel and warm, abstract smells …
Breakfast lessons
By Lyndsie Kiebert
My first day of work was Mother’s Day 2011. In my navy blue polo and sensible, non-slip shoes, I arrived at Holiday Shores Marina at …
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