By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Riding a surge in population from 2021 to 2023, there are now more than 2 million people living in Idaho, according to numbers reported Dec. 19 from the ...

By Ben Olson Reader Staff Nobody knows who wrote the first letter to Santa Claus, but the practice didn’t catch on in mainstream America until a con artist named John D. Gluck became ...

By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Commissioner-elect Brian Domke has rejected an appointment to serve out the remainder of current Dist. 1 Commissioner Steve Bradshaw’s term — which ends Monday, Jan.

By Soncirey Mitchell and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff So, it’s less than a week until Christmas and Hanukkah and you’re looking for last-minute gifts even though you swore you’d be on top of ...

By Ben Olson Reader Staff For the uninitiated, Festivus is a holiday invented for an episode of the sitcom Seinfeld called “The Strike,” which involves the airing of grievances; feats of strength; a ...

By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist A few years have passed since we’ve last explored artificial intelligence. The last time I wrote an article dedicated to the subject was in 2018, and the scope ...

By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Get ready to dress your worst to celebrate the holidays with Royale, a Pacific Northwest cover band that infuses pop culture into every performance. The group will ...

By Ben Olson Reader Staff There is perhaps no other Christmas story more impactful than Charles Dickens’ novella A Christmas Carol. The original work gave us timeless characters like Ebenezer Scrooge ...

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A proposed industrial development at Great Northern Road and Woodland Drive has raised concerns for at least one neighbor that Amazon could be considering locating a ...

By Reader Staff The North Idaho DUI Task Force will close out 2024 with a final impaired driving enforcement operation from New Year’s Eve through Saturday, Jan. 4 aimed at identifying and removing ...

By Reader Staff The Lake Pend Oreille School District is looking to fill a vacant position on the Board of Trustees following the Nov. 12 resignation of Geraldine Lewis, who had represented Zone ...

By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County Republican Central Committee passed a resolution Dec. 17 to appoint Commissioner-elect Brian Domke to District 1 Commissioner Steve Bradshaw’s seat, ...