Bits ‘n’ Pieces: April 22, 2021
By Lorraine H. Marie
Reader Columnist
East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling:
The End Polluter Welfare Act has been …
Category: News in Brief
BGH Foundation Board presents ER Dept. with $200K check
By Patty Hutchens
Reader Contributor
It was with great pleasure that the Bonner General Health Foundation Board recently presented the Emergency Department with a check for $200,000 to help fund …
Rock Creek Mine approval determined unlawful
By Reader Staff
Backers of the Rock Creek Mine, proposed near Noxon, Mont., and the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, will need to go back to square one, as a federal district …
Final deadline for 2021 health insurance is April 30
By Reader Staff
The state health insurance exchange, Your Health Idaho, has announced the final day to enroll in 2021 health insurance — without a qualifying life event — is …
BGH defers local vaccine efforts to pharmacies, other providers
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Novel coronavirus vaccination appointments opened earlier this month for anyone 16 and older across Idaho. Meanwhile, in Bonner County, providers are seeing a decrease in …
City to revisit dog policies
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
In a presentation to the Sandpoint City Council at its regular meeting April 21, City Administrator Jennifer Stapleton presented a range of proposed policies to …
Bits ‘n’ Pieces: April 15, 2021
By Lorraine H. Marie
Reader Columnist
East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling:
Following recent mass shootings, President Joe Biden …
Here we have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Only twice before has the Idaho Legislature been in session as long as it has in 2021. In 2003, lawmakers sat for a record 118 …
BoCo prosecutor condemns parole of brothers who killed USFS officer in 1989
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Following a decision April 9 by the Idaho Commission of Parole and Pardons to release James and Joseph Pratt after serving 32 years of their …
Priest River, Beach precincts see polling place changes
By Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners approved two polling place changes at their April 13 meeting, adding to a handful of such relocations ahead of the May election.
According to …
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