The good ol’ days
By Ben Olson Reader Staff I miss the good ol’ days. You know, that era in politics when a candidate — no matter which party they belonged to — did or said something so...
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Public hearing draws full crowd for proposed Sagle Panhandle Bike Ranch
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The developers of a mountain bike park slated to break ground in Sagle on May 1 were met with a capacity crowd April 17 when the Bonner County Hearing...
Sandpoint Sailing Club screens Success, chronicling Race to Alaska
By Ben Olson Reader Staff In the summer of 2023, four North Idaho sailors embarked on an adventure that saw them racing from Port Townsend, Wash. to Ketchikan, Alaska with nothing but the wind...
Funky Junk Antique Show and Crafts Market returns for 17th year
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Spring is a time for rebirth, regrowth and rejuvenation. It’s also a great time to find bargains with the 17th annual Funky Junk Antique Show and Crafts Market, which...
Rebels with many causes
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Tim Bangle and his prolific troupe of local actors are unstoppable. Following up on the success of their 2022 debut sci-fi film The Fade: Resistance, Bangle and crew offer...
That one time I was a chess champion
By Ben Olson Reader Staff I’ve done a lot of dumb things in my life, but no matter what, I can always rest on my laurels as a fifth-grade chess champion. The Lou Domanski...
The Dude abides
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It might just be my opinion, man, but The Big Lebowski could, quite possibly, be the perfect movie. If not, it is certainly among the most quotable. The Panida...
Public hearing scheduled for Sagle bike park development
By Ben Olson Reader Staff A public hearing before the Bonner County Planning Department has been scheduled for Wednesday, April 17 at 1:30 p.m. to take comments from the community regarding a 170-acre mountain...
Getting a leg up
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Everything changed for Jake Gemkow last November. While loading wood into his pickup truck at his home in Sagle, Gemkow suddenly lost feeling on his right side and couldn’t...
Internal combustion therapy
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Every spring for the past 20 years or so, around the time when the weather turns warm in earnest, I mark a personal seasonal resurrection: the starting up of...
