By Ben Olson Reader Staff For upwards of 16,000 years, some of the earliest evidence of human habitation in the Americas lay buried in Idaho, waiting to be discovered. According to research published Aug....
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Looking to buy some property in Hope in 2002, Jackie Henrion and her husband spent a night at Hotel Hope. The building, which was constructed circa 1897, houses an...
By Jim Healey Reader Contributor This month marks the 50th anniversary of a musical, cultural, social and political event that has acquired mythic status over time. Nearly two generations have passed since those three...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist You will be disappointed if you’re reading this and expecting me to list dragons or Valyrian steel swords. Sorry, folks. No White Walker invasions happened in medieval Europe, but...
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:...
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 da Gama, the navigator...
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 John Adams (9/20/1776) For...
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 covered Travers Park, Dufort,...
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 Newport/Oldtown, Scotchman Peak, Talache,...
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. In conjunction with the...
