Lakes Commission meeting slated for Feb. 11
By Reader Staff The Lakes Commission, an advisory board to the state of Idaho advocating for the preservation of water quality in the Pend Oreille Basin, is holding its next meeting on Thursday, Feb....
Category: News in Brief
County plans to close Heath Lake Road and Highway 95 intersection
By Reader Staff The intersection of Heath Lake Road and U.S. Highway 95 in Sagle will be closing permanently this summer, east of the railroad crossing. Prior to the closure, the Bonner County Road...
Your Health Idaho enrollments for 2021 down due to COVID-19
By Reader Staff At the close of the 2021 open enrollment period closed for the Your Health Idaho state health insurance exchange, officials reported more than 79,000 Idahoans signed up for coverage. However, that...
About that Boise-area man who occupied VP Pence’s Senate seat, then disappeared
By Harrison Berry Special to the Reader In the now-notorious photo, a man in a black jacket and stocking cap with a red stripe sits in the seat usually reserved for the vice president...
SASi names new E.D.
By Reader Staff The board of the Sandpoint Area Senior Center recently announced the appointment of Cherie Coldwell as executive director effective Feb. 1. Coldwell is an Air Force veteran who served 10 years...
HUD designates Sandpoint Resource Center as ‘EnVision Center’
By Reader Staff On behalf of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, HUD Northwest Regional Administrator Jeff McMorris announced that the newly-opened Sandpoint Community Resource Center has been designated as...
Road Reflections
By Steve Klatt Reader Contributor Once again, the Bonner County Road Department is confronting a peculiar phenomenon — we are having some unusual winter weather. I hope that observation did not knock the wind...
Jan. 23 Virtual Idaho Womxn’s March will focus on young leaders
By Reader Staff Young activists, advocates and leaders will take center stage at this year’s Idaho Womxn’s March, where the focus will be on the future generation of leaders in women’s advocacy. “It’s important...
Little tackles COVID, budget in State of the State address
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Idaho Gov. Brad Little delivered his third State of the State address Jan. 11, taking the opportunity to urge peace among Americans, commend health care workers and others working...
Bits ‘n’ Pieces: January 14, 2021
By Lorraine H. Marie Reader Columnist East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling, all pivoting around the U.S. Capitol: The date Jan. 6, 2021,...
