Vigilante studios moves to Sandpoint
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Contributor
Even as a toddler Zeke Rawson had a keen understanding and passion for gears and moving parts. Around 8 years old he was designing Lego …
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Contributor
Even as a toddler Zeke Rawson had a keen understanding and passion for gears and moving parts. Around 8 years old he was designing Lego …
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Contributor
Dear President Joe Biden,
There are more than two parties, let’s face it. There is another major party — something like a C.E.O.cracy. Led by …
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Contributor
It may be just another cold Wednesday in Sandpoint, but in the basement of the Gardenia Center it is feast day — for some, a …
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Contributor
John “Doc” Ivy served five tours in Vietnam from 1966-1971. He was introduced in the Reader on May 23, 2017, as my beloved veteran neighbor. …
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Contributor
Day 1
My youngest son, Enoch, is an animal whisperer and he insisted that we rescue a bird one evening. Thinking that it was injured …
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Contributor
Shingle Mill Blueberry Farm is a festive place this time of year. Toddlers run around stuffing blueberries into their mouths, moms catch up while their …
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Contributor
“We welcome a new story as each one ends,” says Simon Ronniger, when asked about the year in the life of a farmer. “The wintertime …
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Contributor
The vision of the Bonner Gospel Mission originated with Corky Kalben in 1982.
“In those years I was doing jail ministry because I had been …
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Contributor
Suzanne Davis has been the children’s librarian at the Sandpoint branch of the East Bonner County Library District for 13 years. She was the first …
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Contributor
Billionaires only began to exist around a century ago, starting with “oil magnate” John D. Rockefeller in 1916. Today there are around 2,500 billionaires, and …
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