Emily Articulated: The process
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist Another birthday came and went this week, and the way I celebrated it seemed to encapsulate everything I hope to carry forward into the year ahead. I was on the...
Category: Health
We need to talk…
By Ammi MidstokkeReader Contributor I knew a woman who thrived, and then didn’t. There were subtle changes, the kinds of things you see later, when it’s too late — when they play over and...
Speak up to protect Roadless Rule and preserve our national forests
By Amy AndersonReader Contributor The Roadless Rule protects 58 million acres of our most intact, unlogged national forests from road building ,which facilitates industrial logging, mining, drilling and other industrial activities. The Trump administration...
‘100 Deadliest Days’ on Idaho roads total 88 fatalities
By Reader Staff The Idaho Office of Highway Safety reported Sept. 17 that 88 people died in crashes on Idaho roads during the so-called “100 Deadliest Days” — defined as the dates between the...
What parents and community members need to know about measles in Bonner County
By Dr. Andrew VizcarraReader Contributor Bonner County has recently seen a confirmed case of measles — something many families haven’t encountered in decades. Measles is an ancient disease with known patterns of infection, rates...
Breaks in memory
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff It was one of those mornings when you wake up way too early for some reason, and lay there thinking about things that you never have time to think about...
The science of smoke
How and why air pollution affects both man and machine By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Bonner County was able to avoid the summer haze for quite a while; but, recently, a cloud of smoke blowing...
Emily Articulated: Call me a snowflake
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist I came across a post on the “Sandpoint Local Forum” Facebook page from a woman outraged that an emergency contraception pill had been placed in the public bathroom of a...
‘My life was in freefall before I qualified for Medicaid’
Program cuts will cost more than supposed savings By Karen Perkins RoblesReader Contributor I am a survivor of childhood abuse, domestic violence and violent crime. I live with complex post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar...
Rotary donates $50K raised from CHAFE 150 to local school literacy program
The Sandpoint Rotary Club recently delivered a $50,000 check to the Lake Pend Oreille School District to support its “Everyone Graduates a Reader” initiative. The funds were raised from the 17th annual CHAFE 150...
