The Pend Oreille Arts Council’s newest installment of its First Friday Series, Confluence: Six Women in Contemporary Practice, will debut Friday, May 1 with an opening reception at the POAC Gallery ...

It’s a weird confession to make, but I love politics and, by extension, am often fond of politicians. It’s fashionable to ignore both at best and proudly despise them at worst, but regardless of those ...

Some people are just built differently. While most bicyclists avoid gravel roads like the plague, riders in the Panhandle Gravel Series just say, “Bring it on.” Gravel riding has exploded in ...

My first puzzle was a large, 10-piece dinosaur print big enough for my first-grade self to sleep on. I took it apart and remade it over and over in my secret fort, loving how the picture could break ...

I made my first run for the office of sheriff in 2008 against four other Republican candidates. The Bonner County Republican Central Committee (BCRCC) hosted a series of forums around the county, ...

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 ...

The intricacies of architecture within the universe of The Lord of the Rings were not greatly explored in Tolkien’s texts. Much of the visuals we associate with the epic fantasy trilogy now are from ...

Ponderay Rotary recently announced that it has purchased and donated an automated external defibrillator for Ponderay’s skating rink, The Pond, and held a training session for the staff and club ...

The lineup for the 2026 Festival at Sandpoint’s Community Night will feature Portland, Ore.-based folk band Joseph, alongside Sydney Dale, of Coeur d’Alene, and Sandpoint local Hannah Meehan. Set for ...

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 ...

The city of Ponderay kicked off a project years in the making April 7, when crews began construction to remediate contamination at the “Black Rock” site on the shoreline of the Pend d’Oreille Bay ...

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