Legacy of a loon
By Megan LekanderReader Contributor When Ben Lekander and Simeon Kubacz (aged 12) went on a family boat camping trip to Lee’s Point on Lake Pend Oreille, the last thing they expected was to discover...
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A stranger by the lake: Notes from a Pole in North Idaho
By Marcin ProkopReader Contributor I came to your corner of Idaho the way I try to come everywhere — without a thesis. My name is Marcin Prokop; back home in Poland I host a...
Zoning Commission recommends denial of Ellisport Bay rezone
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Bonner County Zoning Commission met for a grueling seven-and-a-half-hour meeting July 23 to discuss, among other topics, the proposed rezone of a 15.6-acre property along Ellisport Bay from Rural-5...
Averill Hospitality files new plan for City Beach resort hotel
Revamped concept would ‘renovate and modernize’ existing Edgewater with addition of condo tower By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Averill Hospitality has dramatically altered its plans for a resort hotel at the current site of the...
Zoning Commission to discuss zone change in Ellisport Bay area
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Bonner County Zoning Commission will meet Thursday, July 23 at 5:30 p.m. to consider a request from Stonehedge Partners, LLC, to rezone more than nine acres along Ellisport Bay...
Eight years in the making, new Canfield Mountain trail opens to the public
By Reader Staff Eight years after the idea took shape, the first phase of the Honey Badger Project is officially complete. Project partners celebrated the opening of the new 3.2-mile non-motorized trail in Kootenai...
Rise of the Pend Oreille Phoenix
Terry Anderson launches his final boat after a lifetime of tinkering and building By Ben OlsonReader Staff For most people, dragging a 50-foot long and 20-foot-wide sailboat down an incline into the lake using...
School board unanimously votes to relocate alternative high school
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff A crowd of more than 80 community members, teachers, parents and former students of Lake Pend Oreille High School gathered July 14 at the Lake Pend Oreille School District Board...
Sandpoint Pride: A long weekend of love and acceptance
By Reader Staff The sixth annual Sandpoint Pride will once again spread a message of peace, love and acceptance for all in a joyful series of celebrations Thursday, July 9-Sunday, July 12. Each event...
Mad about Science: The Zanclean Flood
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist Tales of massive floods are a feature of virtually every religion in the history of humankind. The idea of a flood that can move mountains is a terrifying prospect, but...
