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Bonner County History - April 20, 2025
A look at the events, activities, and meetings happening around Bonner County, from Sandpoint to Cocolalla, from P…
Work left to do during the 'off season'
District 1 legislators discuss local issues and concerns in the weekly Notes from Boise column.
Create pollinator-welcoming landscape for beauty, benefits
When I was a little girl in the 1930s and 1940s, it was the custom to always plant a tree on Arbor Day. Our family always did, and whether a fruit-bearing, orn…
Vindication! The death and resurrection of Jesus
Bonner County pastors share messages of faith and hope.
Bonner County History - April 17, 2025
A look at the events, activities, and meetings happening around Bonner County, from Sandpoint to Cocolalla, from Priest River to Ponderay, and from Clark Fork …
What it really means to be 'on the spectrum'
People seem to use the term “on the spectrum” fairly loosely which led me to my favorite research sources. Now after reading about the signs of autism spectrum…
God's 'secret garden' is a beautiful story
Years ago, I drove from Priest River to Alaska with a friend and, along the 2600-mile journey, I read aloud to her children the story of “The Secret Garden.” …
Green Beret's tale one of indomitable bravery
Military Tales celebrates the country's military, and its servicemen and women and their service.
Bonner County History - April 15, 2025
A look at the events, activities, and meetings happening around Bonner County, from Sandpoint to Cocolalla, from Priest River to Ponderay, and from Clark Fork …
Bonner County History - April 13, 2025
A look at the events, activities, and meetings happening around Bonner County, from Sandpoint to Cocolalla, from Priest River to Ponderay, and from Clark Fork …
Spring cuisine refreshes with rhubarb, asparagus recipes
While the snow hangs stubbornly in the mountains," sunny gardens here and there boast colorful nubs of rhubarb plants eagerly thrusting their way to seasonal f…
It’s time to avail much
Bonner County pastors share messages of faith and hope.
Bonner County History - April 10, 2025
A look at the events, activities, and meetings happening around Bonner County, from Sandpoint to Cocolalla, from Priest River to Ponderay, and from Clark Fork …
BGH needs help healing the Healing Garden
It’s finally feeling like spring. And you and I both know what that means. It’s time to put away the wooly mittens and get out our gardening gloves. Here’s the…
Isaac, birthdays and having $50 faith
I am calling it the “Isaac incident.” One of the grands who moved from Spokane Valley to Kentucky last year was turning 13. I sent a card with a $50 bill a wee…