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- IRS recognizes Panhandle Bike Ranch as nonprofitBy Soncirey MitchellReader Staff After months of waiting, the Panhandle Bike Ranch has achieved federal recognition from the Internal Revenue Service ...
- City of Ponderay launches long-awaited Black Rock cleanup project at Bay TrailBy Zach HagadoneReader Staff The city of Ponderay kicked off a project years in the making April 7, when crews began ...
- Woodward, Critchfield talk to constituents at town hallEvent focused heavily on education, budgets By Ben OlsonReader Staff More than 100 people attended the third and final District 1 town ...
- ‘No Kings’ protest draws 1,100 peopleBy Ben OlsonReader Staff The third “No Kings” demonstration, held March 28, was recognized as the largest single-day protest in U.S. ...
- City of Sandpoint announces branch pickup datesBy Reader Staff The City of Sandpoint has scheduled its annual branch pickup week for Monday, April 20 through Friday, April ...
- Early spring runoff ‘unusually high’ into Pend Oreille/Clark Fork WatershedLakes Commission: ‘Very unlikely this will be a flood year’ By Reader Staff The Pend Oreille Lakes Commission reported that the Pend ...
- BOCC, Fair Board look to the futureBy Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Bonner County Board of Commissioners held a special meeting March 23 with members of the Fair ...
- Dist. 1 legislators, ID school superintendent will gather for local town halls March 28 By Reader Staff Legislative Dist. 1 Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle, and 1A Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint, will host their third in ...
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- IRS recognizes Panhandle Bike Ranch as nonprofitBy Soncirey MitchellReader Staff After months of waiting, the Panhandle Bike Ranch has achieved federal recognition from the Internal Revenue Service ...
- City of Ponderay launches long-awaited Black Rock cleanup project at Bay TrailBy Zach HagadoneReader Staff The city of Ponderay kicked off a project years in the making April 7, when crews began ...
- Emily Articulated: EthicalBy Emily EricksonReader Columnist I was gifted my first Harry Potter book in third grade. It was wrapped alongside my siblings’ ...
- Mad about Science: Artemis IIBy Brenden BobbyReader Columnist My grandparents told me stories about watching the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969. My grandfather talked ...
- The phony conservatism of Scott HerndonBy Timothy BraatzReader Contributor Scott Herndon, who is running for the Idaho senate, poses as a “small-government conservative.” In reality, he ...
- Reckless legislation tramples Idaho’s law enforcement communityBy Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor The government closest to the people governs best, but Idaho Republicans only seem to believe that until ...
- Legislative update2026 session recap By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-SagleReader Contributor The 2026 legislative session adjourned for the year on April 2. As expected, ...
- CheckmateLou Domanski Chess Festival registration ends April 9, tournament April 11 By Ben OlsonReader Staff There’s still time to register for the ...
