‘A true North Idaho experience’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It’s going to be a bull-riding, car-smashing, gut-busting weekend at the Bonner County Fair. The Challenge of Champions bull riding tour bursts from the gate Friday, Aug. 23 at...
Category: Sports and Outdoors
Seeing the forest for the trees
By Sharon Lewis Reader Contributor Have you ever experienced walking along a city street or suburban sidewalk and suddenly feeling calmer, more relaxed and maybe a little less anxious? If we are lucky, that...
On the Lake: Lake patrol fOILed!
By Chantilly Higbee Reader Columnist In early July, our team was getting ready to patrol Lake Pend Oreille from our pontoon boat. As I started the motor, I knew right away something was wrong....
Wake, illegal buoys remain issues on local waterways
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff In recent summers, the debate over wake on Bonner County waterways has been nothing short of turbulent. As boaters desire larger wakes for recreating, waterfront property owners have become...
Sandpoint sends it
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Time to grease those bearings and perfect that kickflip. The 14th annual King of the Kongcrete skateboard competition is dropping into the Concrete Lake Skatepark in Sandpoint on Saturday,...
A newcomer’s guide to Sandpoint (pt. 2)
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Every summer for the past 37 years, the Festival at Sandpoint has raised its iconic white tent and drawn folks from all over the country to our little corner...
BoCo Rodeo hosts range of additions at the arena in 2019
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Bonner County Rodeo organizers are saddling up a number of new exhibitions, acts and events for the 2019 competition, set for Friday-Saturday, Aug. 2-3 at the Bonner County Fairgrounds....
KLT receives grant from AARP to pave walking trail
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Driving up to the newly purchased property known as the Pine Street Woods, it’s obvious that Kaniksu Land Trust has been busy. A new, wide gravel road winds gently...
Ponderay Dog Park celebrates July 28 grand opening
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Watching Quinn Dunn and his three-legged Great Dane Layla play together at the Ponderay Dog Park, no one would know they had moved to town just a week ago....
A mountain of uncertainty in the Cabinets
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Waiting under the Cabinet Mountains is a potentially massive reserve of silver and copper. It’s an enticing bounty that mining companies have eyed for decades. There’s just one problem:...
