A safe holiday season
By Ben Olson Reader Staff While Thanksgiving is usually a time when family comes together — often for the only time of the year — with COVID-19, many families are rethinking their holiday plans....
Category: Opinion
Mayor’s Roundtable
By Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor The growing community spread of COVID-19 in North Idaho is worrisome. Bonner General Hospital reported on Saturday, Nov. 14 it had moved into contingency mode to accommodate...
Scroll no more
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff While having a conversation with a friend about social media usage, she told me she planned to take some time away from Facebook because she felt it would improve...
An integral process
By Ben Olson Reader Staff As ballots were still being counted across the country in the tight presidential race that has widely been projected as a win for former-Vice President Joe Biden, Idaho had...
Investing in the future of medicine
By Sheryl Rickard Reader Contributor One of my favorite times of the year is when our Idaho WWAMI students arrive at Bonner General Health. I’ve spent 34 years — my entire career — at...
Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson Reader Staff I know a guy who absolutely hates winter. His face turns sour at the first sign of fall — a crumpled expression like the brown and gold leaves soon...
Dying Twice
By Michael Jacobson Reader Contributor Some people don’t know how to make it back. Such is the case with Raymond’s brother, James. He took his own life one day. The nightmares, fears, terror, the...
A few thoughts on COVID-19, masks and manliness
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist As we approach our national Election Day, polls report that Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by 35 points among women, but only by two points among men. The good...
Voting: Encourage a generational difference
By Paul Graves Reader Contributor I offer a challenge to readers of the Reader: If you have adult children, grandchildren of voting age, or younger friends of voting age, please take this message seriously. ...
HJR4 just makes sense
By Idaho House Speaker Scott Bedke and House Minority Leader Representative Ilana Rubel Reader Contributors The ballots submitted by the Republican speaker of the House and the Democratic leader of the House will probably...
