By Steve Holt Reader Contributor As you may know, the Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper, its staff, board of directors, along with a dedicated crew of citizen scientist volunteers have all worked diligently for more...
By Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor It’s an honor to be working with such a team of professionals at the city of Sandpoint. The level of commitment to the job, to our collective vision and...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff For the past couple of days, since our big cold snap, Reader Publisher Ben Olson and I have been sitting in the newsroom with two space heaters cranking away...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff One of my favorite times to walk around downtown Sandpoint is “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning,” as Frank Sinatra put it. All the drunks from the...
By Bart George Reader Contributor For most of us, it’s not an accident that we live in the Inland Northwest. Locals that have been here for generations love this place and are proud of...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff I have long pointed to my relative youth as a main pillar of my identity. My residency in a retirement town and Boomer-dominated county has long made me feel...
By Kristina Kingsland Reader Contributor Once upon a time there was a magical land called Bonner County. It had majestic mountain ranges with thousands upon thousands of acres of public forests. It had creeks...
By Steve Holt and Dan Haley Reader Contributors Stormwater is one of the most significant threats to water quality across the globe. Simply put, stormwater is just what it sounds like: water created by...
By Sophie Poldermans Special to the Reader My brain foggy from lack of sleep, jet lagged, mixed with a jolt of excitement and curiosity, I stared out the window of a misty-blue four-wheel drive....
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle Reader Contributor A few weeks ago, I provided an outline of the governor’s budget and policy proposals for the 2022 legislative session. We are now one month into the...
