By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist Evolution is a complex and confusing subject. Trying to wrap our heads around how a species can drastically change over thousands of generations is mind-boggling, especially since we can’t see...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff It’s always welcome when something reminds me of my grandma. It’ll be 14 years next month since I last spoke to her, before she passed away at the age of...
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist Time to warm up those thumbs, denizens of Bonner County! Today’s article will be a glance into Earth’s weird evolutionary past — and to get the full picture, you’re going...
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Construction is ongoing at the Idaho Club’s 88-slip marina adjacent to the mouth of Trestle Creek, after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers temporarily halted activities Dec. 22, due to...
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist Dogs have earned the moniker of “man’s best friend,” but it may be more accurate to relabel them as “man’s oldest friend.” Dogs were domesticated around 14,500 years ago, becoming...
By Richard SevenichReader Contributor The Iran war (a.k.a. “Operation Epstein Fury”) has served as a very real distraction from other national and international issues. Countering this distraction, I will write about humanity’s extraction of...
By Ben OlsonReader Staff As evident with the snowfall in the mountains this week, winter isn’t packing it in quite yet. A final week of Sandpoint Winter Carnival events has been planned for outdoor...
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...
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Center for Biological Diversity and the Idaho Conservation League filed suit Dec. 18 against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Army Corps of Engineers, challenging their permit approvals...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Among the quickest ways to get yourself in trouble is pointing out that all dogs are not God’s perfect creatures, nor do they belong in every space where humans conduct...
