More than wilting violets
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
It was genealogical research that led local author Kathleen Huntley to the story of Flora MacDonald.
A first-generation American by way of Scotland on her …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
It was genealogical research that led local author Kathleen Huntley to the story of Flora MacDonald.
A first-generation American by way of Scotland on her …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Ammi Midstokke isn’t shy about her love for both the outdoors and for learning by doing. Where those two loves collide, a childhood pastime comes …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The old literary adage, “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story,” is often attributed to Mark Twain. It’s hard to …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
To say Liam FitzGerald spent his career battling avalanches is putting it lightly. His long career began in 1968, when he got a ski patrol …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Greg Flint wants to ask you a question. Better yet, he wants you to ask a question — not only of others but, perhaps most …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Local author Sharon Kreider is ready to share her story — at least a portion of it — from years of her life that formed …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Just over a year since the release of her book, Pushed Out: Contested development and rural gentrification in the U.S. West, Montana-born, North Idaho-raised …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If it involves a helicopter, Bill Collier has probably done it.
In his first book, The Adventures of a Helicopter Pilot: Flying the H-34 Helicopter …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The novels of Hope writer Bill Percy center on the kinds of issues you’d find in the news: school shootings, tax evasion conspiracies, sex trafficking …
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 …
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