By Reader Staff The Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour will return to Sandpoint for its 30th time with three nights of screenings on Friday, Jan. 17 and Saturday, Jan. 18 at ...

By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Bonner County welcomed the newest batch of elected officials in a swearing-in ceremony Jan. 13, which introduced Dist. 1 Commissioner Brian Domke and reinstated Dist.

By Kyle Dunphey Utah News Dispatch The U.S. Supreme Court announced Jan. 13 that it will not hear Utah’s sweeping public lands lawsuit, in which the state argued it should take over 18.5 ...

By Dr. Paula Kellerer Reader Contributor Do you remember staying home from school as a kid when you were sick? Maybe you watched The Price is Right. It was always interesting to hear ...

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Lake Pend Oreille School District Board of Trustees added a new member Jan. 14, but one with whom local schools will already be acquainted: David DeMers.  Born ...

By Reader Staff Idaho Fish and Game is looking for information after a bald eagle was shot and killed near Sandpoint.  According to the agency, the eagle is believed to have been killed ...

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spoke before the Lakes Commission on Jan. 10, providing updates on a range of issues related to Lake Pend Oreille; but ...

By Reader Staff The Selkirk Fire District is expanding its personnel and adding new technology, according to a pair of announcements at the beginning of January.  Selkirk Fire, Rescue and EMS will ...

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Teams of Idaho firefighters are lending their efforts to protecting communities under threat from the wildfires burning across Los Angeles County, which have so far ...

By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners confirmed a $564,108.71 payment to Avista Utilities during the Jan. 14 business meeting, following the 2023 ruling by the ...

By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist The Great Famine, which took place in Ireland between 1845 and 1852, is something many of us learned about to some degree in school. It was a tale ...

I’d been having a relatively easy week; Christmas was packed up and tucked away, ideas for this column were half-baked and my recipe for chili rellenos was ready to share. It’s a crowd-pleaser that I ...