SHS Choir Teacher Jon Brownell retires after nearly 40 years By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff It’s a bittersweet summer for thousands of Bonner County graduates across three different generations, as the one teacher who united...
KRFY station manager Suzy Prez sets her sight on retirement By Ben OlsonReader Staff What started as a group of friends meeting upstairs at Eichardt’s Pub to discuss founding a commercial-free radio station eventually...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff You can’t judge a book by its cover, but you can certainly judge a good bookstore by its owner. Since 1997, Sandpoint has been fortunate to have Jim Orbaugh’s...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff After nearly 25 years of keeping Sandpoint’s roads clear, patched and safe, Streets Supervisor Chet Jackman is hanging up his safety vest. Jackman’s leadership and commitment have been instrumental...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Bonner County Sheriff Daryl Wheeler voluntarily resigned his position, effective Dec. 13 — but only until he’s sworn in for a fifth term Jan. 13 — in order to...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff For Matt and Angie Brass, it all comes down to teamwork. Longtime coaches for cross-country and track at Sandpoint High School, the husband-and-wife duo have decided to hang up...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff On paper, Cindy Marx is retiring. In reality, she is launching on a grand adventure. Marx will work her last day as executive director of Sandpoint nonprofit Community Cancer...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County Treasurer Cheryl Piehl offered her resignation Sept. 21 to the county Board of Commissioners, sharing that her retirement from more than 30 years in the treasurer’s office...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Longtime Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness staffer and bull of the woods Sandy Compton announced his retirement from the organization, effective at the end of March 2020. The program...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff “You can tell a lot about a person by how they parallel park,” said Robert Ashbrooke. This month, the 80-year-old Westwood resident marks 50 years of working as a...
