Wind through a million needles
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Last week, the transition into fall was complete when I lit the first fire in our woodstove at home. After sitting idle for months, this hunk of inert metal came...
Category: Sports and Outdoors
The Coolin wetlands on Priest Lake must be saved
By Ford ElsaesserReader Contributor The lakes, rivers and tributaries of Lake Pend Oreille and Priest Lake are magnificent resources, and many in Idaho consider Priest Lake to be Idaho’s “Crown Jewel.” Priest Lake is...
Sandpoint council votes to move forward with City Beach parking lot concept
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The city of Sandpoint is moving forward with a redesign of the City Beach parking lot, after councilors agreed 3-2 at their regular Oct. 7 meeting to direct staff to...
Avalanche center hosts Quality Ski Time Film Tour
By Reader Staff The nonprofit Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center, which helps monitor and forecast avalanches across 1.9 million acres of public lands in Idaho and Montana, will screen the Quality Ski Time Film Tour...
Every Story Matters at NAMIWalks 2026
By Reader Staff Social isolation is endemic in rural communities like Bonner and Boundary counties, and especially affects people living with or caring for someone with mental illness. The National Alliance on Mental Illness...
Green Bay remains open to out-of-season day use
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Following the September announcement that Green Bay will be closed to day use to better accommodate the area’s paid campsites, the U.S. Forest Service has clarified that the popular beach...
Panhandle Bike Ranch founder offers to drop BoCo lawsuit
No decision made in potential Idaho Supreme Court appeal By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Though little official headway has been made regarding the land use dispute between Bonner County and the Panhandle Bike Ranch, co-founder...
Bay Trail now open through Oct. 4
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff After two seasons of closures due to remediation work at the former Panhandle Smelting and Refining Company — a.k.a. Black Rock — the Pend d’Oreille Bay Trail is now open...
On Green Bay day use closure: Public lands are for the public
By Heidi DormanReader Contributor I read with disbelief in last week’s Reader about the closure of day use at Green Bay by the United States Forest Service. I live in the surrounding neighborhood and...
A Few Thoughts… On (American) football
By Sandy ComptonReader Columnist It’s football season! I have a number of favorite teams and players — first and foremost, the Seahawks and Sam Darnold, who hasn’t played since spraining his butt, but Drew...
