Voices in the Wilderness
By Marlin Thomas
Reader Contributor
A promising forecast had me excited about getting into the Cabinet Mountains, despite having just finished a trip there 10 days earlier. And so, I …
By Marlin Thomas
Reader Contributor
A promising forecast had me excited about getting into the Cabinet Mountains, despite having just finished a trip there 10 days earlier. And so, I …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When Nate Christensen made the decision to leave North Idaho, he wanted to head out with a bang. Christensen plans to circumnavigate Lake Pend Oreille’s …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Since 1995, the Panida Theater has been the local home of the Banff Mountain Film Festival, which last year expanded for the first time to …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
It was like the climax of a sports movie, only less probable.
I was volunteering to help coach a girls’ junior high basketball game when …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Sports legend Jerry Kramer is back in town later this month for a night of reflection on a dramatic career.
Sponsored by Sandpoint Area Seniors, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
I had a lot of coaches growing up. Between volleyball, basketball, soccer and tennis, I listened to a lot of different advice between the …
By Jerek Wolcott
Carroll College Sports Staff
Reader Contributor
Carroll College offensive guard Todd Pays has been named to the College Sports Information Directors of America College Division Academic All-America …
By Ed Ohlweiler
Reader Contributor
Perhaps you developed an appreciation of the Tour de France, as I did, while watching Greg LeMond and Lance Armstrong dominate what was historically a …
By Don Otis
Reader Adventure Columnist
Mike served as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. The residual effects of PTSD were evident. Quiet. Reserved. Expressionless. We talked every time …
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