Bring back the nondiscrimination ordinance
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff It seems like every year or so, The New York Times finds an opportunity to write about Sandpoint and surrounds — sometimes telling everyone in the world they should move...
Category: Health
Slug Tales From Zone 6: Common noxious weeds
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff When you start to identify the plants growing wild around the yard, garden or alongside roads, you may begin to notice a worrying trend: many of those pretty flowers are...
Emily Articulated: 100 miles
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist I was introduced to ultramarathoning by my older sister Britt. She was living in Boulder, Colo., and, per the seeming citywide requirement to be either a professional athlete or in...
Coalition files grievance against school district over LPOHS campus relocation
Complaint alleges financial misuse, attendance data fraud By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Concerned Citizens for LPOHS Coalition, led by former-West Bonner County School District Superintendent Jackie Branum, lodged a formal grievance against Lake Pend...
‘This is consent, but this is not informed consent’
PHD approves new informed consent policy at clinics By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff At its regular June 11 meeting, the Panhandle Health District Board of Health considered and approved a new informed consent policy, which...
Emily Articulated: Shrinking
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist There’s no shortage of places to consume celebrity culture. From award shows and courtside seats to press tours, junkets, movies, television and endless social media reposts, public figures are constantly...
PHD passes budget, funds clinic overhaul
Commissioners consider “concierge medical services” for employees By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Commissioners from the five northern counties met June 18 with Panhandle Health District officials to reconsider the organization’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget after...
Republican agenda leaves our children behind
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor Raising a family takes work and sacrifice. Parents should be able to trust that their elected representatives are giving their kids a fair shot. In Idaho, Republican politicians are making...
PHD to hold additional budget hearing
Counties consider COLA, clinical services By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Following the five northern counties’ May 20 vote to deny the Panhandle Health District’s fiscal year 2027 budget, officials will hold another public hearing Tuesday,...
Unchecked power has a price, and Idahoans are paying it
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor Two hundred and 50 years ago, we declared our independence from a king who abused his power. Our founders knew what unchecked authority could become: a president who answers to...
