Summer, I’m breaking up with you
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It’s official: My love affair with Summer has ended. We are no longer on speaking terms, and it’s anyone’s guess when relations will be repaired. Chances are it’ll never...
Category: Opinion
Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist As we’re all far too familiar with right now, living in a place that is susceptible to extreme weather and environmental patterns is humbling. Multiple times a year, we’re...
The Lumberjill
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist We make money off dying trees and wildfire-ravaged landscapes. Business booms when there are windstorms and droughts. We are disaster capitalists. Some days, I’m not sure how I...
Emily Articulated: Alaska
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist I spent the past two weeks touring Alaska — chasing clear, sunny days and plotting map points in coastal fishing towns, quirky backpacking communities, state parks, national parks, reserves...
False flags of selective outrage
By Ben Olson Reader Staff One of my favorite lines in Bill Watterson’s iconic comic strip Calvin and Hobbes is when Calvin remarks to his imaginary pet tiger Hobbes: “Sometimes I think the surest...
Too hot? Let’s do what we can
By Gabrielle Duebendorfer Reader Contributor My husband and I went on a delightful five-day backpacking trip in the Cabinet Mountains last week. Different vegetation layers along the 3,000-foot elevation difference displayed glacier lilies just...
Septic situation
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor In its efforts to tidy up and close loopholes in laws governing subdivisions, Bonner County Planning has left a hole large enough to drive a septic truck through. Five...
Let’s show our restaurant workers some love
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Like many of you, I’ve put in my time working in the service industry. My very first job, in fact, was working as a dishwasher at The Garden Restaurant...
Reimagining the ‘American Dream’
By Reid Weber Reader Contributor The American dream is planted into our minds at a young age, with the idea of growing up, making a living and owning a home being a symbol of...
Emily Articulated: Ultramarathon
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Last weekend I ran an ultramarathon, my first long-distance race in more than two years. For anyone who doesn’t revel in extra-long distances or speak the language of a...
