Staying the course
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Lake Pend Oreille School District Board of Trustees held a special meeting Dec. 29 to discuss possible changes to the district’s operating plan amid the novel coronavirus pandemic,...
Category: Cornavirus
Use Idaho’s excess revenues to save lives, not more money
By Sen. Melissa Witntrow, D-Boise Special to the Reader What if you were hanging on the edge of a cliff and your friend leaned down and started rapping hard on your fingers, at the...
First COVID-19 vaccinations administered to BGH staff
By Reader Staff Bonner General Health received its first doses of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination this week, specifically for frontline workers. The first six health care workers received their initial dose on Dec....
Idaho officials ponder vaccination queue
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Now that vaccines for COVID-19 have made their way to Idaho, health and government officials are working on how to most fairly and effectively distribute the highly coveted doses....
Idaho receives first batches of COVID-19 vaccine
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Panhandle Health District reported 292 new cases of COVID-19 in the five northern counties Dec. 16, bringing the total number of cases to 13,662 since virus tracking began...
Earn a $300 charitable giving donation in 2020 thanks to the CARES Act
By Reader Staff The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act made changes to tax rules in 2020 to allow for increased charitable giving amid the pandemic and corresponding economic hardships. “Whether taxpayers are...
LPOSD eases COVID-19 quarantine restrictions
By Zach Hagadone and Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Trustees of the Lake Pend Oreille School District at their regular meeting Dec. 8 reiterated a commitment to keeping schools open amid the ongoing — and...
Mask order is no attack on freedom
By Cynthia Dalsing Reader Contributor I take issue with Steven Bradshaw, Bonner County commissioner, after his recent diatribe against a public mask mandate by the Panhandle Health Department [News, “Education, not enforcement,” Nov. 25,...
COVID numbers continue daily climb
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Communities throughout Idaho continue to struggle with navigating the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Cases of the virus have skyrocketed in recent weeks, amounting to about 14 million nationwide, resulting in...
Masks, money and ‘making some sort of a point’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Who has the authority to take the reins during a deadly pandemic? Elected officials — and citizens — across the state have wrestled with this question throughout the COVID-19...
