Mad about Science: Porcupines
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist I’ve lived in this area for my entire life and I have never seen a porcupine outside of a zoo. Perhaps I’m lucky, in that I’ve never had to endure...
Category: Pets & Animals
Emily Articulated: Rescued
By Emily EricksonReader Staff My living room is softly lit, the orange lamplight casting a latticed shadow from the child gate propped in its entry. Two puppies are snuggled up beside me, looking like...
The science of smoke
How and why air pollution affects both man and machine By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Bonner County was able to avoid the summer haze for quite a while; but, recently, a cloud of smoke blowing...
Sandpoint gets Cretaceous
Idaho Museum of Natural History brings mobile exhibit for a visit By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Idaho Museum of Natural History will bring its brand new mobile exhibit to the Sandpoint and Clark Fork...
Visiting Peggy
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff I hold my dog, Peggy, in my dreams. She passed away suddenly in June after 15 years on this Earth. I was lucky enough to spend 12 of those years...
Dover celebrates the monarch butterfly with special festival July 19
By Reader Staff Beyond its role as a pollinator and sustaining the ecosystem, the monarch butterfly is also the Idaho state insect. Joining bats, birds and other small creatures, butterflies and fellow pollinators are...
Hiking safely in mountain goat country
By Rose Olson Reader Contributor The days are getting longer, the snow is melting and wildflowers are blooming. That means it’s time to get out and hike Scotchman Peak. The tallest peak in Bonner...
Mad about Science: Light pollution
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Today’s subject was suggested by Kodiak Ellis. Thanks, Kodi! The discovery of electricity brought with it a unique problem that had never before been encountered by human civilization: light...
Free Butters
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff As part of a commitment to finding forever homes for all its animals, Better Together Animal Alliance will waive adoption fees on all adult pets beginning Thursday, May 1,...
Emily Articulated: Growing up
By Emily Erickson Reader Staff One of the first things I did after moving to Sandpoint was enter a writing contest. I was pulled to the library by a flyer tacked to a posterboard...
