Timberfest returns to Bonner County
By Ben Olson Reader Staff For the first time in 15 years, Timberfest will return to the Bonner County Fairgrounds. On Saturday, June 4, grab the whole family and engage in a day of...
Category: Sports and Outdoors
Environmental groups seek a stop to wolf killings
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Five environmental groups are joining forces to seek a halt to federally managed wolf killings. Idaho-based Western Watersheds Project, along with four allies, is asking a federal judge to...
BioBlitz to catalogue species at U of I extension campus
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff In modern society, it’s easy to forget the ecosystems that exist just outside your front door. Kaniksu Land Trust hopes to change that. The organization, which works to preserve...
LPOHS Water Quality project turns heads in Moscow
By Ben Olson Reader Staff One thing about living near a lake like Pend Oreille; you tend to care a little more about issues like water quality. It is, after all, our shared backyard....
Aviation program opens new doors for high schoolers
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff There’s a moment that sticks with you when you fly a small airplane for the first time. Clamoring over the wing into that left seat, you’re nervous. That’s understandable....
Memorial Field open house scheduled
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The much-anticipated final design for the Memorial Field grandstands and entryway is ready for a public debut. Project planners have scheduled at open house to detail the final design...
Fly Like a Girl:
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff If you want to compliment a pilot around here, you could do a lot worse than saying, “You fly like a girl.” For a small airport community, we have...
Summer Camp Directory:
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The weather is growing mild and the days are getting longer here in the Panhandle, reminding us that summer is on the way. It’s also the time of year...
Best spring hikes
By Don Otis Reader Staff Ten years ago I remember driving to a trailhead out of Upper Pack River to see the newly placed “Beware of Grizzly Bear” signs. I have never seen a...
Keep calm and climb on:
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Climbers, grab your gear and get ready for a special event held by Sandpoint Rock Gym; the Add-a-Move Climbing Competition and Climbing Social. The climbing event will take place...
