Land use tug-of-war
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
Skip Lassen and Jenny Post, like many rural North Idaho residents, found their dream homes in the woods, miles from town.
Lassen’s home is off …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
Skip Lassen and Jenny Post, like many rural North Idaho residents, found their dream homes in the woods, miles from town.
Lassen’s home is off …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
The “Zoom boom” economy has exploded in Bonner County — one of many western outdoorsy communities getting flooded with “amenity migrants” seeking a better and, …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
When I woke up the morning of Aug. 20, it was out of a dream that was almost comical. The protagonist of the story in …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
In March, as COVID-19 began taking its toll on the United States, fears of contracting the virus kept the usual donors away from blood centers …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
After decades of trespassing across private property to reach the west slopes of Gold Hill, dirt bikers, mountain bikers, hikers and hunters now have an …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
If you like to skin out of Schweitzer’s bounds, chances are you’re familiar with “Solar Ecstasy,” a south-facing slope off Uleda Ridge that offers some …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The city of Dover is seeking funding from the Idaho Department of Transportation for a project to connect the trail on Dover Bay Boulevard to …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’s good news-bad news for the city of Ponderay and Friends of the Pend d’Oreille Bay Trail. Residents approved the city’s 1% local option sales …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
It’s time for a little spring cleaning on local trails, and National Trails Day, June 1, is the ideal time. This June 1 the Idaho …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
With the Fox in the White House, the fourth estate is in shambles.
As products of the enlightenment, our founding fathers established our democratic republic …
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