Making it to the manger
By Becca Renk Foster Reader Contributor It wasn’t quite a manger, but after I was born, my parents wrapped me in swaddling clothes and laid me in a dresser drawer lined with a blanket....
Category: Health
Idaho’s infant, mother death rate is rising, new report finds
By Kyle Pfannenstiel Idaho Capital Sun A new report released Nov. 28 found children and mothers are dying in Idaho at an increasing rate. Reforming Medicaid coverage in the state could make a difference,...
Keeping the community warm with Coats 4 Kids
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Coats 4 Kids brought its annual October fundraiser to a close and has begun handing out everything Bonner and Kootenai county community members need to stay toasty this winter:...
Most Americans want health exceptions in abortion bans. Political infighting keeps blocking them
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris Idaho Capital Sun The vast majority of Americans — 82%, according to a recent Marist poll — support allowing abortions at any stage of pregnancy to protect the life or health...
Sen. Risch has historic opportunity to support the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho
By Jennifer Ekstrom Reader Contributor I recently had the great honor to attend the Upper Columbia United Tribes’ conference on transboundary mining pollution in lovely Osoyoos, British Columbia. Indigenous speakers there illuminated that toxic,...
SASi receives grant to plan for the future
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Sandpoint Senior Center was a little brighter this week, as it received the first installment of a substantial grant that aims to help build development capacity at Sandpoint...
No one walks alone
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The National Alliance on Mental Illness Far North Idaho hosts its second annual walk along the Sandpoint Dover Community Trail on Saturday, Oct. 7, as part of the nonprofit’s...
Growing old gracefully
By Dick Sonnichsen Reader Contributor I love that title phrase. If only it were true. Sadly, it isn’t. Not even close. It’s an oxymoron, a myth, a preposterous impossibility, a delusional figment of imagination. It’s...
Emily Articulated: Hard conversations
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist As a lover of long-form content, especially when focused on conversations between interesting people, I frequently find myself listening to the Armchair Expert podcast with Dax Shepard and Monica...
Sandpoint Library hosts second installment of monthly ‘Natural Connections’ program
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Despite its 5,000-year history and continued prevalence in India and Tibet, Ayurveda is still relatively obscure to many in the global West. Ayurvedic wellness counselor Yvonne Heitz hopes to...
