Paint, hide, find, repeat
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Nancy Schmidt didn’t know she was a rock person until she moved to Bonner County from Pittsburgh about 14 years ago. “And now I have rocks everywhere in my...
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From Yarnell to Hope
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff With Lake Pend Oreille stretched out before them, six Sam Owen Fire District firefighters gathered on a foggy Hope hilltop June 30, standing in silence save for birdsong and...
Female SHS grad deployed for historic combat launch
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Air Force fighter pilots and maintainers have traditionally been male, but the future looks a lot different as more and more females join the ranks of these career fields...
Heart in a handbasket
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Sharon Gunter’s booth at the Farmers’ Market at Sandpoint is usually a bright, colorful landmark at the main entrance to Farmin Park. Between the selection of tie-dyed apparel; painted...
‘He’s just his own man’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Visitors to Davis Grocery & Mercantile in Hope are sure to notice a Frito Lay box and blanket tucked beneath a table, and a bowl of food by the...
‘This big stink’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Like most people, the period of time since March has been, well, let’s say illuminating for me and mine. I have learned a lot of things about myself —...
Questions and answers
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Sandpoint Reader: What is a specific challenge you see Bonner County facing in the coming year? How might you face that challenge? Butch Horton: Responding to the economic downturn...
‘Building the airplane while we’re flying it’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Trying to describe the rollout, administration and distribution of funds from the Paycheck Protection Program, national media headlines in recent weeks have been filled with words like “chaos,” “extremely...
The year that never was: part 3
Editor’s note: We reached out to a few graduating seniors at Sandpoint High School to ask how the coronavirus has affected their final year of secondary education. We asked each student how their lives...
The year that never was – Part 2
Editor’s note: We reached out to a few graduating seniors at Sandpoint High School to ask how the coronavirus has affected their final year of secondary education. We asked each student how their lives...
