Education, not enforcement
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff When the Panhandle Health District voted in favor of a mask mandate for the five northern Idaho counties on Nov. 19, the public conversation quickly turned...
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Trustees: LPOSD stays in ‘yellow’ category, but with more flexibility for teachers, administrators
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Gathered for a special early morning meeting Nov. 17, the Lake Pend Oreille District Board of Trustees, along with Superintendent Tom Albertson, looked with a measure of alarm at...
State, local COVID-19 rates continue to rise as area hospitals struggle with capacity
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Idaho’s contribution to the nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases is continuing unabated, with the state tallying 1,310 more confirmed and probable cases on Nov. 18 alone, also adding 14...
Gold Hill Trail parking could see expansion
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners approved an application for funding through the U.S. Forest Service Resource Advisory Committee on Nov. 3, which would enable the Bonner County Parks and Waterways Department...
Election postgame 2020
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The 2020 General Election is still ongoing, according to President Donald Trump’s lawyers, but the results are in for Idaho Legislative District 1 and awaiting canvassing, which elections officials...
‘That is shocking’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Idaho’s “curve” of COVID-19 cases continues ever upward, with another 1,693 confirmed and probable cases logged Nov. 11 by state health care trackers, bringing the total to 77,121 since...
Bonner County to reconsider uses along area shorelines
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Planning and Zoning is asking stakeholders to weigh in on updating the county’s shoreline setback code, which restricts certain uses within 40 feet of area waterways in...
Idaho seeks to dismiss CARES Act suit
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners reiterated their stance on the CARES Act in a press release Oct. 23, responding directly to the state’s motion for dismissal of a case in which...
Save Selle Valley group challenges SpaceX FCC application
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff A group of concerned Selle Valley residents have filed a petition challenging an FCC licensing application from private aerospace manufacturer and space transportation company SpaceX, which would allow the...
City Council approves prelim plat for University Park subdivision
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint City Council members voted Nov. 4 to approve the preliminary plat for development of the University Park subdivision — a 152-lot residential-commercial project planned for the 75-acre former-University...
