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 novel coronavirus, the motion...
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‘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, which has risen to...
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 Collin Beggs, who built...
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 of the city has...
USFS releases Buckskin Saddle project decision
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The U.S. Forest Service released a draft decision, Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Buckskin Saddle Integrated Restoration Project on July 13, and opened the...
War Memorial Field turf installed, project now in phase 2
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff About a year after the massive overhaul of War Memorial Field first started making headlines, the project — including the installation of artificial turf in place of natural grass...
Court battle over Sagle asphalt plant continues
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Sagle residents opposed to an asphalt batch plant in a local gravel pit have successfully overturned a piece of Bonner County Revised Code that allowed such operations in non-industrial...
Panhandle Health District poised to revisit mask mandate
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Panhandle Health District will again look at taking some action in response to the COVID-19 pandemic at its meeting Thursday, July 23 in Coeur d’Alene, after discussion of...
2020 Bonner County Rodeo canceled on COVID-19 concerns
By Reader Staff Organizers of the Bonner County Rodeo announced July 14 that the 2020 event, which had been scheduled to run Aug. 14-15, will be canceled due to concerns over COVID-19. “It is...
PHD changes testing protocol as local COVID-19 cases climb
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Panhandle Health District announced that beginning July 14, people seeking tests for the novel coronavirus should use their primary care provider. Moving forward, PHD will only...
