Reader Quick Hits: May 13, 2020
COVID-19 update: The Idaho Department of Health and welfare added 31 confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus to the state’s total, which is now at 2,234 cases. There have been 69 deaths attributed to...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Quick Hits: May 12, 2020
Idaho public health officials added 33 cases of COVID-19 to the state total May 12, bringing the number of cases — including confirmed and probable since mid-March — to 2,293. Since the first cases...
Reader Quick Hits: May 11, 2020
As of 5 p.m. Monday, May 11 — today — Idaho is reporting 2,260 cases of COVID-19 in the state, with 14 “confirmed and probable” new cases today. Find updates daily at coronavirus.idaho.gov. Governor...
Reader Quick Hits: May 8, 2020
Only three of the 67 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Panhandle Health District are still being monitored, the agency reported May 8. A total of 63 cases have been reported in Kootenai County...
Reader Quick Hits: May 7, 2020
This week’s Reader is up online and waiting in grocery store racks across town to be picked up and taken home. Here’s the direct link to the issue, which required an additional news page...
A few thoughts on the blessings of retirement
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist The online music retail industry is seeing a surge in sales, thanks in large part to the abundance of free time many are experiencing amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. ...
Turning downtime to jam time
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The online music retail industry is seeing a surge in sales, thanks in large part to the abundance of free time many are experiencing amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. ...
Have a nice bidet
By Kelly Price Reader Contributor Once I got stuck at the top of the Ferris wheel. There were unexplained mechanical difficulties that brought about an unannounced hour-long sabbatical from Earth high in the twilight...
Clearing the way
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff A windstorm ripped through North Idaho in mid-March, leaving thousands of residences without power and just as many trees blocking roads and damaging structures. Many local trails systems also...
The Sandpoint Eater: Chicago or bust
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Staff My bags are packed and my new (to me) Ford Edge is loaded with everything I’ll need for this week’s epic, 1,800-mile, Chicago-or-bust road trip. Though most states I’ll...
