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. …
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. …
By Nick Gier
Reader Contributor
About this time last year, I was traveling in Portugal and visited a number of sites in Lisbon. Some of them were dedicated to Vasco …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“We possess a spirit that will not be conquered.
Should we be attacked, you will find a race of Amazons in America.”
—Abigail Adams to …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
This is the fifth and final installment of a series exploring the origins of where we got some of our placenames from. Last week, we …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
This is the fourth installment of an ongoing series exploring the origins of where we got some of our placenames from. Last week, we covered …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Scenic Pend Oreille River Train, or SPORT, is offering June rides in addition to their regular fall color routes held in September and October. …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
This is the third installment of an ongoing series exploring the origins of where we got some of our placenames from. Last week, we covered …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
This is the second installment of an ongoing series exploring the origins of where we got some of our placenames from. Last week, we covered …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
I’ve always been fascinated by how something gets its name. People have been asking questions about the origins of words since the time of the …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The history of the railroad is a key part of the Sandpoint community.
It’s fitting, then, that the community played a key part in capturing …
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