By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
In an updated timeline for COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Idaho released Jan. 12, health officials are now prioritizing first responders, correctional facility staff and K-12 …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine begins to ramp up in Idaho, state health officials and Gov. Brad Little offered a pair of briefings …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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