Bits ‘n’ Pieces: August 6, 2020
By Lorraine H. Marie
Reader Columnist
East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling:
The city council of Asheville, N.C., voted …
Category: News
Heartbreak as emergency crews recover child who drowned in Sand Creek
By Reader Staff
The community is mourning a 7-year-old boy who drowned during the afternoon of Aug. 4 in a stretch of Sand Creek between Sandpoint and Ponderay.
Emergency crews …
SCOTUS places stay on Idaho education funding initiative
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Reclaim Idaho’s education funding ballot initiative effectively met its end July 30, when the Supreme Court of the United States issued a stay on the …
E. Bonner libraries shift back to curbside service
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The East Bonner County Library District closed its doors and transitioned back to a curbside pick-up system on Aug. 1 due to the rising number …
Summer of our discontent
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Both the state and Panhandle Health District continue their upward trend in new cases of the novel coronavirus, as the latter — …
Dates set in Ramey murder trial
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Judith Carpenter, the woman accused of shooting and killing 79-year-old Hope resident Shirley Ramey at her Trestle Creek home in April 2017, will see a …
The great mask debate
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When the Panhandle Health District board met July 23 to vote on a possible mask mandate for Kootenai County to curb the spread of the …
‘We’re all in this together’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Lake Pend Oreille School District is nearing a final plan for how the 2020-2021 academic year will play out amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, …
KNPS unveils plaque for donated arbor
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society unveiled a plaque and officially dedicated a new arbor July 21 at a small ceremony.
The arbor was donated by …
Council mulls changes to public forum policies
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Anyone who has kept tabs on the proceedings of the Sandpoint City Council over the past month or so has noticed that the routine business …
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