Fire season fizzles out
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Autumn weather has officially set in to the relief of firefighters across the state. The Idaho Department of Lands released its final statewide fire update …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Autumn weather has officially set in to the relief of firefighters across the state. The Idaho Department of Lands released its final statewide fire update …
By Reader Staff
Resource managers will begin the fall drawdown of Lake Pend Oreille on Tuesday, Sept. 19, in keeping with the typical schedule of holding the lake at its …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
My old Montessori school once stood imposingly tall — for a toddler — between the Sandpoint Charter School and the roaring traffic of U.S. Highway …
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
It was, perhaps, not my finest moment.
I might have treated one Sandpoint land baron as a proxy for them all.
I might have …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Officials, developers and members of the public gathered Sept. 6 for a public hearing regarding the Idaho Club’s permit request for a community dock …
By Susan Geise
Reader Contributor
It happened again, just a few minutes ago. As it often does. Perhaps as it was intended from the start.
At first, I thought I …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
Idaho is lucky to have environmental experts looking out for public health when it comes to land use decisions that impact water quality. These experts …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Publisher’s note: Brenden Bobby is off this week, so publisher Ben Olson is filling in for him.
Anyone with access to an internet connection the …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Once upon a time, long, long ago — at least a decade, maybe more — I was enlisted by a couple of teachers from a …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
A lot has changed on Schweitzer Mountain since 1993, but one can always count on the annual end of the summer season soiree known as …
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