By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
After an initial notice of tort claim in late 2021, Bonner County Deputy Prosecutor Scott Bauer officially filed a civil suit against Bonner County commissioners …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
District 1 Idaho Senate candidate Scott Herndon, who won the Republican nomination over incumbent two-term Sen. Jim Woodward in May, has filed a complaint with …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
There’s a sense of awe surrounding North Idaho’s demographics.
“Where have all the young people gone?” you ask, and then blame this anomaly on lack …
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
My little one was nervous for the first day of school. The entire drive found her curled in the fetal position, reciting the mantra, …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
You hear it in conversations at bars and restaurants all over town. Locals complain to one another about the summer tourist struggles but, when someone …
By Nishelle Gonzales
Reader Contributor
Owning a handyman and contracting company has been a great way to interact and learn about our diverse local community. We get to assist everyone …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When Schweitzer announced its Hemlock House employee housing project in Sandpoint last December, mountain officials hinted that there were “bigger projects” in the works. That …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Imagine a place where the coronavirus doesn’t really exist. Where the petty squabbling on social media is just a silly memory. Where there are no …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
We are a little town with a big lake and rolling mountains. Our downtown streets have funny one-ways, but not as funny as the one-ways …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
As the cold nights swallow shorter and shorter days, chimneys begin to emit those comforting puffs of smoke from winter fires within. It’s wood-burning season …
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
GO READ IT»
Curious about what media the locals use? Check our 2018 Local Media Survey. GO SEE »
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