A love letter to Mother Earth
By Phil Hough Reader Contributor Dear Mother Earth, What a year it has been. Last April as the COVID-19 pandemic ramped up, many of us went home in isolation from each other and, at...
Category: Sports and Outdoors
Summer Camp Guide 2021
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There are a lot of great summer camp options in this region. Here’s our annual guide for parents to find the right choice of camp for their kiddos —...
The Lumberjill: Shy Ronnie, use your chainsaw
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist “I want to be her in my next life,” I heard our client say to her husband. She said it about me. I ducked my head and soldiered...
International currents
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff While the borders between states and countries appear definite and bold on maps, there are other lines with absolute disregard for the clear-cut conventions of humankind: rivers. Just as...
Fish and Game postpones meetings, but announces hunting apps and fish stocks
By Reader Staff The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has canceled telephone conference calls scheduled for Thursdays, April 1 and April 15. The April 1 call was to discuss pending legislation, but the Idaho...
Raised in Zag Mania
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When Adam Morrison threw himself onto the hardwood after losing to UCLA in the third round of the 2006 NCAA Tournament, I remember feeling some semblance of what he...
The first camp of the year
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Around this time of year, those who enjoy spending their weekends outdoors — like myself — begin feeling antsy for camping season to begin. The ice skates have all...
Pend Oreille Pedalers: Building community through trails
By Reader Staff Sandpoint’s local bike club and trails organization, Pend Oreille Pedalers, has a full calendar of programs and events lined up for the community in 2021, including group mountain bike and road...
Mad About Science: Greenhouses
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Living around here, you’ve likely seen or visited your fair share of greenhouses. Plant nurseries are quite popular for an area this small for two major reasons: people love...
The Lumberjill
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist Once upon a time, in a seemingly far off land, I was a writer. I woke every morning, grabbed my jar of peanut butter and mug of tea,...
