‘A hole in the fabric of our community’
Bonner General Health’s announcement March 17 that it would end labor and delivery services ripped a hole in the fabric of our community. Generations of North Idaho residents were born …
Bonner General Health’s announcement March 17 that it would end labor and delivery services ripped a hole in the fabric of our community. Generations of North Idaho residents were born …
By Tim Henney
Reader Contributor
The more I came to know the recently departed sage of Sandpoint, Erik Daarstad, the more I thought about moving to Norway.
My God, if …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The end of the ski season at Schweitzer is always a little bittersweet. Everyone down in the valley is rejoicing at the first warm days …
By Ranel Hanson
Reader Columnist
“In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.”
— Henry Rollins, punk rocker
The earth is waking up soon, and we will see …
By Luke Omodt, Bonner Co. commissioner, Dist. 3
Reader Contributor
What exactly is local government? Local government is any entity that has the statutory authority or jurisdiction to deliver services, …
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint
Reader Contributor
March 24 is in the rear-view mirror. However, there is much to wrap up before we finish here in Boise. There are many …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
For the past few months, I’ve held a question in my mind — not in the fleeting and up-front way I ponder what I want …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
I started my period at 15 years old.
If your first thought after reading that last sentence was that it seemed too personal or too …
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
The closure of Bonner General’s labor and delivery unit is the talk of the town. In fact, it is the talk of the nation. …
By Jennifer Ekstrom
Reader Contributor
Coined in 1833 by the British economist William Forster Lloyd, “the commons” is an interesting concept that deserves more prominence in modern times. The commons …
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