On losing teeth
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Among the greatest joys of moonlighting as a paraprofessional teacher for part of the week is remembering what it was like to be a kid. In my four years...
Tagged: Lyndsie kiebert-carey
Momentous and mountainous
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff In a time when everything seems to be changing, North Idahoans are glad that one thing hasn’t: The annual showing of the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour...
Idaho sees highest COVID positivity rate since pandemic began
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The past week proved to be a dire one for Idaho COVID-19 statistics, as the omicron variant caused a surge in positive cases unmatched during any other time during...
County approves separation of planning and zoning commissions
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Board of Bonner County Commissioners voted unanimously Jan. 12 to do away with the county’s current Planning and Zoning Commission in favor of a new, two-commission system. As...
Shades of gray
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The ironies and contradictions in Passing, a 2021 Netflix film based on the 1929 novel by Nella Larsen, are apparent from the outset. The story leans into its internal...
New year, no brews
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff I fell in love with craft beer at the beginning of the pandemic. Spring had sprung on our farm, and I was freshly laid off from my job with...
Home(s) for the holidays
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The end of December is when many return home for dinners, gifts and gatherings of varying formality. No family looks the same and, often, the rituals and traditions start...
BoCo P&Z recommends denial of 700-acre Selle Valley rezone
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously Nov. 18 to recommend denial of a 700-acre rezone request in the Selle Valley — a file that drew opposition...
The great divide
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff When it comes to bureaucratic battles, little else inspires the masses to assemble quite like a land use issue. One slated to come before the Bonner County Planning and...
Back of the Book: On losing
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff I hate losing. I am competitive, to a fault. There are a variety of factors that made me this way. It’s partially hereditary (thank you, mom), but also a...
