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In this episode of the 7Bee Podcast, Reporter Rachel Sun interviews school officials in the Lake Pend Oreille School District about their efforts to address learning loss, increase engagement and provide for student mental health needs.

In this episode of the 7Bee Podcast, Sports Editor Dylan Greene offers some advice to the graduates of the class of 2021. He also dissects some of the common cliches and phrases that are spoken at graduation ceremonies and why you should only hold true to one — following your dreams.

The story of Sandpoint's lost city hall bell making its way home is a tale 70 years in the making.

Bonners Ferry Herald senior reporter Victor Corral Martinez and advertising representative Jennifer Wright talk about Memorial Day, its meaning and how much veterans and the military mean to them.

Reporter Rachel Sun talks to local mental health experts about the rising demand for counseling in North Idaho and Bonner County.

In this episode of 7Bee Podcast, host Caroline Lobsinger sits down with Susan Drumheller, president of Friends of the Pend d’Oreille Bay Trail, and Eric Brubaker, director of Parks and Community Development for the city of Ponderay, for a conversation about the Pend d'Oreille Bay Trail, where it is today and what lies ahead.

In this episode of the 7Bee Podcast, Dylan Greene sits down with Peggy Frye, the center director and forensic interviewer at the LillyBrooke Family Justice Center in Sandpoint. The center, founded in 2017, "empowers family violence victims to live free from violence and abuse by providing comprehensive services, centered on and around the victim, at one location," according to their website. In this interview, Frye discusses the importance of the center, how she got into working for the county prosecutor's office and the process she and the center goes through when handling child abuse cases.  Frye said the child advocacy center serves a pivotal purpose in the county and beyond. "There are kids out there that really need us to stand up for them," she said.

Victor Corral Martinez talks to Kyle Watts, owner of Woody's Gun and Pawn, about firearms, hunting and safety.

Mark Wendle struggled as a student. In high school he barely passed his classes, and in college he was told he was wasting his time and his father's money.  Now 81 years old and a doctor of biology, he says some advice from his old Boy Scout Troop leader helped him become the person he is today.

News Editor Keith Kinnaird talks to Chad Landrum, a fishing guide who serves as president of North Idaho Sportfishing Association, about walleye and Lake Pend Oreille.