Army Surplus arson suspect pleads ‘not guilty’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Jennifer S. Meyer was back in Bonner County court Feb. 20, entering a plea of “not guilty” in the suspected arson that destroyed the Army Surplus 1 store in...
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BOCC greenlights Idaho Sheriff Connect app
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners voted unanimously Feb. 25 to enter into a one-year agreement with Idaho Sheriff Connect, authorizing OCV, LLC developers to tailor a facet of...
‘It’s the zeitgeist of this moment in America — maybe the whole world’
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Panhandle Health District board devoted its Feb. 20 meeting to the topic of informed consent for childhood vaccinations, which drew a crowd of medical professionals and members of...
The Memory Maker
By Ben Olson Reader Contributor Of all the human emotions, grief is perhaps the most complicated — and the most universal. Most of us have lost someone we loved, and there’s not one single...
Idaho Democrats Fight for Families. Republicans Fight for Control
By Lauren Necochea Reader Contributor Idaho Democrats are clear underdogs in the Legislature, but that doesn’t stop them from bringing forward real solutions. They are working to strengthen public schools through investments in facilities,...
Emily Articulated: Raw Milk
By Emily Erickson Reader Staff Something people might not understand about what it’s like to grow up in America’s dairy state is just how deeply Milk is ingrained into everyday life. Milk is capitalized...
Medicaid expansion saves lives, boosts economies in rural Idaho
By Kelly McGrath Reader Contributor As a family medicine physician in rural Idaho, I have had the privilege of caring for Idaho families for more than three decades. I have celebrated their milestones and...
Panhandle Health District board discusses children’s vaccines
By Soncirey Mitchell Sandpoint Reader The Panhandle Health District will host a public meeting Thursday, Feb. 20 at 2 p.m. in the Kootenai Room of the PDH Headquarters (8500 N. Atlas Road, in Hayden)...
A ‘quick’ trip
By Todd Wendle Reader Contributor 8:39 a.m. — it was Monday, in the high 20s and snowing hard. “Hey Honey, do you want to go into town with me? I need a bolt at...
Theory of Unknown Origin: The fog
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The unseasonable weather, preponderance of misinformation and popularity of social media have recently coalesced to produce a dense fog of conspiracy theories — about fog. People have taken to...
