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...
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Dark History: Murders rock the Priest River Italian community
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The July 23 edition of the Reader republished a Northern Idaho News story from June 25, 1912, announcing the arrest of Joseph Caprai for the murder of one Charles Falcone,...
Follow-up to the Tubbs’ long walk
By Ben OlsonReader Staff In the world of journalism, there’s nothing better than a follow-up story. Quite often, our coverage of particular issues doesn’t begin and end with a single article. Instead, there can...
Bonner County museum hosts open house on proposed improvements
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Bonner County Historical Society will hold an open house on Monday, Nov. 10, from 4-7 p.m. at the museum in Lakeview Park (611 S. Ella Ave. in Sandpoint) to...
A tip of the cap to Bonner County history
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff In honor of the 50th annual Winter Carnival — scheduled for Friday, Feb. 16-Sunday, Feb. 25 — the Bonner County Historical Museum will unveil the world’s longest ski hat...
Idaho’s unofficial state bird
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Most people probably already know that the turkey is a uniquely North American bird — a fact primarily responsible for its central role in the also uniquely North American...
Lake Pend Oreille, 1952: When trophy fish trumped national defense
By Nancy Foster Renk Reader Contributor Dr. C.C. Wendle had uncovered a story that was explosive — literally. An unidentified civilian employee at the Navy’s research facility in Bayview told Wendle about plans to...
‘Over-organized, overpriced and over-proud’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff “And what rough beast, its hour come round at last/ Slouches toward Bethlemen to be born?” — W.B. Yeats, “The Second Coming,” published 1920 It’s impossible that I recollect...
Conservation: From the Timber Wars to Collaboration
By Zach Hagadone Special to the Reader The first part of this article appeared in the Feb. 3 edition of the Reader. Find it online at sandpointreader.com. ‘A national ownership’ In the Inland Northwest,...
Conservation: From the Timber Wars to collaboration
By Zach Hagadone Special to the Reader This story winds through the earliest days of economic development in North Idaho taking in the booms and busts of the first half of the 20th century....
