On the front line
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Front line health care workers are always deserving of our recognition, but save a little extra love during National Nurse Practitioner Week, Nov. 8-13, for the 30 nurse practitioners...
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Mad About Science
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Confucius, the foundational Chinese philosopher of the fifth and fourth centuries BCE, summed up the metaphysical power of archery with his widely repeated quote, “In archery we have something...
To forgive is divine
By Ben Olson Reader Staff For many small businesses in the Sandpoint area, the PPP — or Paycheck Protection Program, passed by Congress in spring 2020 as a part of the CARES Act —...
Bonner County to reconsider uses along area shorelines
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Planning and Zoning is asking stakeholders to weigh in on updating the county’s shoreline setback code, which restricts certain uses within 40 feet of area waterways in...
Idaho seeks to dismiss CARES Act suit
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners reiterated their stance on the CARES Act in a press release Oct. 23, responding directly to the state’s motion for dismissal of a case in which...
Save Selle Valley group challenges SpaceX FCC application
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff A group of concerned Selle Valley residents have filed a petition challenging an FCC licensing application from private aerospace manufacturer and space transportation company SpaceX, which would allow the...
City Council approves prelim plat for University Park subdivision
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint City Council members voted Nov. 4 to approve the preliminary plat for development of the University Park subdivision — a 152-lot residential-commercial project planned for the 75-acre former-University...
Idaho logs another day of 1,000+ new COVID-19 cases
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Aggressive community transmission and rapidly rising active case counts continue to plague Idaho as it navigates the novel coronavirus pandemic with an emphasis on local enactment and enforcement of...
‘Tis the season for fall beers
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff I have not always been a beer person. Maybe that’s because the parties of my youth played host only to Coors Light, or because in college I took a...
Preparing your body for ski season
By Ben Olson Reader Staff For some, a late October snowfall brings sour faces and groans. For the rest of us who don’t walk around with an “I smell poop” face 24/7, it elicits...
