After months of waiting, the Panhandle Bike Ranch has achieved federal recognition from the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The designation is a milestone in founders Jennifer and ...

I was gifted my first Harry Potter book in third grade. It was wrapped alongside my siblings’ copies, with strict instructions to wait our turn and read them in order. As the youngest, and the obvious ...

Sandpoint Writers on the Lake announced the winners of its annual writing contest, held March 14 and drawing scribes of all ages to the Sandpoint branch of the East Bonner County Library. Winners in ...

During a CNN interview with Jake Tapper in January, Steve Miller, top adviser to the current administration, stated while discussing the potential U.S. annexation of Greenland and other military ...

Carnivorous plants are a curiosity of the natural world. Most plants are stationary and docile, presenting very little threat outside of the occasional falling tree or poisonous berry. Then there is ...

Sandpoint City Hall announced some big administrative changes in the past week: first, that Meri Jane Bohn would take over as city clerk following the retirement of Melissa Ward from the position, ...

The only independent radio station in Bonner and Boundary counties — Panhandle Community Radio, KRFY 88.5 FM — continues its annual membership drive now through Sunday, March 29 at 4 p.m. The event ...

The Pend Oreille Lakes Commission reported that the Pend Oreille/Clark Fork Watershed is “experiencing an unusually high runoff for this time of year,” resulting in a projected lake level above 2,055 ...

I’m always looking for the unseen things — the meaning between the lines, the unwritten rules, the subtle forces nudging us to act, think or feel a certain way. For this, I don’t look toward the ...

Wetlands are invaluable natural resources. The lakes and rivers that define North Idaho depend on intact wetland systems to filter water, store snowmelt and release clean, cold flows back into ...

The Festival at Sandpoint has announced two new additions to its 2026 summer concert series lineup: Portugal. The Man and Switchfoot. The alt-rock band Portugal. The Man will perform Saturday, Aug. 1, ...

There is no easy way to define the rural Albertan singer-songwriter Corb Lund. Hailing from the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains with a long family lineage of ranchers and rodeo people, Lund ...