Legacy of a loon
By Megan LekanderReader Contributor When Ben Lekander and Simeon Kubacz (aged 12) went on a family boat camping trip to Lee’s Point on Lake Pend Oreille, the last thing they expected was to discover...
Category: Sports and Outdoors
Upper Smith Fire 40% contained, while ‘significant progress’ made on Spokane fires
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Crews working on the Upper Smith Fire, burning on 2,305 acres about 20 miles northwest of Bonners Ferry, have brought the blaze to 40% containment, as of Aug. 5. Reported...
PORPA Sprints celebrates non-motorized watercraft
By Reader Staff Paddlers and water lovers should head down to the Mudhole — a.k.a. the Priest River Recreation Area off of Highway 2 — on Saturday, Aug. 8 for the Pend Oreille Rowing...
‘Connect first with yourself’
Grounded Yoga and Movement opens along the downtown waterfront By Ben OlsonReader Staff There isn’t any better place for Mariela Rebelo to be than inside a yoga studio. After teaching her speciality of yin...
Will Ferrell’s The Hawk is ridiculously funny
By Ben OlsonReader Staff There are a variety of excellent films about golf that have been quoted on teeboxes and greens since they came out: Whether it’s Caddyshack, Tin Cup, Happy Gilmore or several...
Idaho Panhandle Public Lands Initiative reaches landmark agreement
By Brad SmithReader Contributor The strong public backlash to congressional proposals to sell public lands last year demonstrated that Idahoans of many backgrounds cherish our national forests and rangelands. Whether for recreation, wildlife, clean...
Crews continue to fight fires in Bonners Ferry area
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Two blazes burning in Boundary County are filling local skies with smoke in what has so far been a relatively mild fire season, with the Turner Fire and Upper Smith...
Eight years in the making, new Canfield Mountain trail opens to the public
By Reader Staff Eight years after the idea took shape, the first phase of the Honey Badger Project is officially complete. Project partners celebrated the opening of the new 3.2-mile non-motorized trail in Kootenai...
Rise of the Pend Oreille Phoenix
Terry Anderson launches his final boat after a lifetime of tinkering and building By Ben OlsonReader Staff For most people, dragging a 50-foot long and 20-foot-wide sailboat down an incline into the lake using...
Court issues injunction against Panhandle Bike Ranch
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Panhandle Bike Ranch has halted all activities following an injunction issued by the First Judicial District Court in the nonprofit’s ongoing land use dispute with Bonner County. The two...
