Valentine’s Cards for Seniors enters its fourth year
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
For the fourth consecutive year, Valentine’s Day will usher in a bit more love for Sandpoint’s senior population. Donna Price began Bonner County Valentine’s Cards …
Category: Volunteer Spotlight
The days of innocence
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
I recently interviewed a young lady named Raye Johnson for a feature story this week (read “Raye of Hope,” Page 15). To put it lightly, …
Raye of Hope
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
For the past six years, Raye Johnson has experienced a different Christmas than most 10-year-old girls. While others are home playing with their presents, sitting …
Festival of Trees spreads holiday cheer
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The Festival of Trees fundraiser returns to the Bonner County Fairgrounds Thursday, Nov. 30 under the stewardship of The Community Resource EnVision Center. This beloved …
Keeping the community warm with Coats 4 Kids
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Coats 4 Kids brought its annual October fundraiser to a close and has begun handing out everything Bonner and Kootenai county community members need to …
Bonner Homeless Transitions celebrates partnership with Kinderhaven
By Reader Staff
Bonner Homeless Transitions has marked a milestone in its longtime efforts to support the local homeless population, celebrating one year of providing essential housing solutions in partnership …
Go, dog. Go!
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Pepper, a boxer with an adorable underbite, has perhaps the best job in the world: she’s a trained therapy and reading dog. On the last …
Kinderhaven Foundation announces sale of property once intended for boys’ shelter
By Patty Hutchens
Reader Contributor
It was once a place where abused and neglected children felt safe and loved. A place where some had first experienced sleeping on a bed …
‘Not an old man’s club anymore’
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The year was 1953. Dwight D. Eisenhower was sworn in as the 34th president. Lucille Ball revolutionized television with her emerging comedic TV show I …
Library volunteers receive presidential award
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Local libraries rely on volunteers to serve the community. This week, three of those volunteers received some much-deserved recognition for their selfless efforts.
Marge Thomas, …
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Live Music, the Summer Sampler, the Art Party, Monarch Grind, the Sandpoint Renaissance Faire, and more! See the full list of events in the 