Category: Sports and Outdoors
By Reader Staff The Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society program titled “Kaniksu Land Trust: Education and Conservation,” presented by Katie Egland Cox and Regan Plumb of the Kaniksu Land Trust, will take place Saturday, March...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Lena Haug is a dedicated equestrian and adventure seeker, and plans to prove it in the most awesome way possible: competing in the 2021 Mongol Derby, the longest —...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The 2020-2021 winter recreation season is shaping up to be one of the deadliest on record. While the record-holding 2007-’08 and 2009-’10 seasons saw 36 avalanche-related deaths each, the...
By Reader Staff The family of a man who died as the result of a skiing accident March 12 at Schweitzer Mountain Resort confirmed his identity as Heath McHenry, who “was an expert all-terrain...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff I started this column a few years ago to pay tribute to the people and things that influence my work, but that don’t necessarily appear in my stories. Cindy...
By Reader Staff The U.S. Geological Survey’s Nonindigenous Aquatic Species program recently issued a national alert, making consumers aware that aquarium products known as “moss balls,” sold for betta and shrimp habitat, were discovered...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Imagine you overhear someone saying to their friend, “It was nice on the corduroy, but off piste was nothing but dust on crust until it turned to Pend Oreille...
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist Before my husband and I joined forces to become arborists, I was a librarian. I loved it. The interaction with community and books and ideas filled my cup....
By Reader Staff The legal battle over a water use permit for a proposed Montana silver and copper mine saw an about-face on Feb. 17, as the Montana Supreme Court ruled that the permit...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Regarding the many forms of fishing, I’ve already made clear my lack of real success or skill. Still, it’s an activity I enjoy. The other week, when we were...