Leading the library
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When the former director of the East Bonner County Library resigned in early 2024, trustees embarked on a monthslong nationwide search for a replacement. After …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When the former director of the East Bonner County Library resigned in early 2024, trustees embarked on a monthslong nationwide search for a replacement. After …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The Bonner County board of commissioners appointed resident Quentin Ducken to the Bonner County Fair Board at their Tuesday, May 7 meeting, filling a position …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
What began as a road trip in an aggressively green 1977 Dodge camper to collect Idahoans’ stories about health care with her husband, Garrett, and …
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Staff
My seventh-grade daughter says her principal is very well loved and greets everyone by their first name (even though the Sandpoint Middle School population is …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Editor’s Note: These profiles are part of our weekly election coverage leading up to the primaries in May. This interview has been edited for length.…
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Editor’s Note: These profiles are part of our weekly election coverage leading up to the primaries in May. This week, we feature a conversation with …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
If time is a necessary ingredient in cooking up a legend, then the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has servings to spare. The country-folk-rock outfit marks …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
You’ve only just released your latest studio album, Black Sheep, last month. How does it feel to have a major project completed and available to …
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