Pine Street Woods earns national award
By Reader Staff For Katie Cox, executive director of Kaniksu Land Trust, any recognition for the success of the Pine Street Woods project belongs to the community that made it happen. That would include...
Category: Sports and Outdoors
Voices in the Wilderness
By Jayden Winslow Reader Contributor Straddling the summits and flanks of northwest Montana’s Cabinet Mountains lies the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness Area. Over 94,000 acres of primitive, rugged and pristine Montana landscape that welcome exploration...
A final harvest hurrah
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff As far as market seasons go, 2020 was a doozy. In its attempt to accommodate local farmers and artisans — as well as the people who enjoy their goods...
Teaming up for outdoor education
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Let’s be honest: most students are more than happy to spend a part of their school day outside the classroom, learning about what makes our natural paradise so great...
In the path of the bull
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff It was my third sunrise in a row spent hiking up the Hog Back Ridge — an unrelenting rocky incline that affords its visitors an unmatched view of Hope,...
Another day at the office
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Last weekend, this humble reporter and lifetime Hope resident experienced Lake Pend Oreille as it’s meant to be experienced: seated on the bow of a double-decker boat with a...
Agencies approve EIS for Columbia River System Operations
By Reader Staff The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation and Bonneville Power Administration signed a joint Record of Decision on Sept. 28, committing the agencies to ongoing operations, maintenance and configuration...
Crews containing Bernard, Callahan fires; now working West Branch fire
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Fire crews working the two major fires in the Bonner County area are steadily achieving containment, though a new blaze reported Sept. 16 is now burning about nine miles...
Accommodating the commode
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials visited the Springy Point Campground in Sagle this past spring to perform a regular facilities check, they came across an unwelcome surprise...
Sandpoint’s funky float
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff It’s time to strap together a makeshift watercraft and think buoyant thoughts, as the Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce hosts the Sand Creek Regatta: a race “put together by...
