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"I don’t believe she would have made it another night." Ed and Kelly Moellmer are back home safe after becoming separated in the Cabinet Mountains in Montana thanks to search and rescue volunteers from the Sandpoint and Bonners Ferry area. bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2021/feb/…

Story I got to write this week 🐕‍🦺

When you say “the media” who exactly are you talking about?

"They see the dogs and immediately calm down." Students, teachers and staff at the Forrest Bird Charter School have a unique method for relieving stress — the school dogs, a poodle mix named Olly and a golden retriever and yellow lab mix named Maddie. bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2021/mar/…

"I just couldn't wait any longer." Local musician Maya Goldblum aka “Queen Bonobo,” is releasing “Throw Me In,” the first song off her upcoming EP, this Friday. (An audio version of this story is available) bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2021/mar/…

Journalists who speak Spanish/English and work with both languages, what are some tips that have helped you transcribe from one language to the other? I've found it time-consuming and draining at times, so any and all advice is welcome.

A Sandpoint couple reported receiving white supremacist propaganda mailed to them from a group called Northwest Front, which included a call for a white ethnostate and preserving the “white race” from extinction. bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2021/apr/…

Raised on the Kalispel reservation since the age of 2, Armstrong remembers living in a tiny house on its south side with her mother, father and siblings. bit.ly/2QynS27

A fun thing about doing podcasts in addition to print news is that I get to read a script -- which is to say I have to repeat the same phrase I mess up about 5-6 times and end up with little tidbits like this in the transcript.

In this episode of the 7Bee Podcast, reporter Rachel Sun talks to local mental health experts about the rising demand for counseling in Bonner County and North Idaho. Listen to, subscribe and download the episode on your favorite podcasting platform. 7bee.buzzsprout.com/1267796/856521…

Big thanks to the mental health specialists who took time out of their busy schedule to talk with me. Stay tuned for a part 2 on substance abuse.

Sandpoint will host its first Pride event on July 17. Jeff Bohnhof, president of PFLAG Sandpoint, said it's an idea the group has had since they started six years ago, but until this year it was difficult to organize as a small group with limited resources bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2021/jun/…

This is such a necessary article. I wish reporting like this was around when I was considering it a few years ago. I would have made a different decision and likely saved myself months of pain. thelily.com/patients-are-w…

In this episode of the 7Bee Podcast, Rachel Sun talks to Rob Hart, Executive Director of the Bonner Community Housing Agency, about a new plan to partner landowners and businesses to create housing specifically for existing community members and new hires. 7bee.buzzsprout.com/1267796/887615…

#BREAKING: Silverwood is evacuating because of a fast-moving fire. A fire chief tells me evacuations of homes have been ordered. 📸: Chud Wendle