The will of the people
By Nancy Gerth Reader Contributor On Wednesday last I watched the Idaho House Health and Welfare Committee hear testimony on Bill 419, a bill sponsored by the Idaho Freedom Foundation. To my surprise, I...
Category: Health
Let’s listen to local leaders and law enforcement on guns in school
Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise Reader Contributor All Idahoans should agree: The safety of our children is paramount. But how we decide to protect them may differ from community to community. When it comes to...
Mad About Science: Fentanyl
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist These articles are usually filled with an adequate level of snark and silliness tucked between lines of dense information. This week may not have so many giggles. Fentanyl is...
Protecting our forests is protecting our future
By Chris Bachman Reader Contributor The Biden administration’s December 2023 announcement that it plans to protect old-growth trees from logging — such as those slated for removal in the Yaak’s Black Ram timber sale...
Lumber Jill: Would you like an order of fries with that Big Mac-hiavellian political/patriarchal edifice stripping you or your rights?
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist Senate President Chuck Winder, ostensibly the senior-most adult in the Idaho Legislature’s Romper Room, recently commented that, if it weren’t for abortion, there would be no workforce labor...
On motherhood
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff This missive has made it into the pages of the Reader against all odds from a world so far removed from reality that time and space lack any meaning....
Candid canine connection
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Monica Mosqueda, a certified professional dog trainer from Pend Oreille Veterinary Service, and her dog Logan Wolverine will visit the East Bonner Library Sandpoint Branch on Monday, Jan. 22...
Kaniksu Community Health announces new behavioral health clinic
By Reader Staff Kaniksu Community Health is adding to its local offerings with the announcement Jan. 16 that it will create a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic program. Paid for with a grant from...
Mother, homemaker, world builder
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Recently, upon a Christmas tidings visit to the Reader office, Publisher Ben Olson asked me a perfectly polite and simple question. It was something along the lines of: “Do...
A refresher on Skier Safety Month
By Tom Eddy Reader Contributor Welcome to the new year from Schweitzer Ski Patrol! January looks to bring new (and much needed) snow to the region, and also the National Ski Area Association Skier...
