By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The new year did not bring out a new side of the Bonner County board of commissioners, whose regular business meeting Tuesday, Jan. 2 devolved into an argument while...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Kids are the creators and caretakers of humanity’s wisdom. Without their innocence, curiosity and ability to dream, none of our great creations or feats would exist. I was recently...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Beloved Christmas traditions like giving gifts, baking cookies and caroling make the modern celebration the most saccharine holiday of the year — at least in the U.S. Christmas wasn’t...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The new Idaho Contraceptive Education Network launched Dec. 4 with the goal of preserving and expanding access to contraceptives throughout Idaho by educating the public about their various functions,...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff In response to the now-routine hostility between county elected officials, employees and members of the public during the Bonner County board of commissioners’ meetings, the board reinforced and altered...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The idea of a “weird gift” might make locals reminisce on the store Zany Zebra — may it rest in peace — which sold such oddities as squirrel underpants...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff In the four years I attended Sandpoint High School many of my peers took their own lives — in 2015 we lost three in one year. The administration and...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners covered a number of issues at the forefront of the public’s consciousness during their regular Tuesday business meeting Dec. 5, including the Aug....
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff If an advanced civilization of sentient rocks, or perhaps gaseous clouds, came to Earth in their starships, how would they perceive us? Would they recognize that humanity is made...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners touched on multiple aspects of the county’s finances — including the much-debated fairgrounds funds — at their meeting on Nov. 28. Public comment...
