Category: News in Brief

SASi receives Alzheimer’s grant

By Reader Staff Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA), a national nonprofit organization, recently awarded Sandpoint Area Seniors, Inc. (SASi) a $5,000 grant for respite care. SASi will utilize these funds to provide respite scholarships...

Workshopping for the future

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Workshopping the future of the University of Idaho extension property began in earnest this week, with contracted designers taking feedback to shape the project’s scope. At a series of...

Inslee denies oil terminal permit

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Environmental groups won yet another victory in the fight against proposed oil export terminals after Washington Gov. Jay Inslee rejected its permit. Unless developer Tesoro Savage appeals within 30...

Idaho officials detail health plan

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff State officials are breaking down the details of a Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s health care plan designed to help residents in the so-called Medicaid gap. Presented as an option...