Legislative update: In praise of local health care providers
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Dover Reader Contributor I hope your summer is going well. The lake is up and warm, the skies are mostly clear, we have had a little rain and the temperatures...
Category: Opinion
Medical providers fear new law will increase teen health issues
By Karen Matthee Reader Staff Health care providers throughout Idaho are sounding an alarm: A new law threatens to increase unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, drug abuse and mental health issues among our youth....
Emily Articulated: Femininomenon
By Emily Erickson Reader Staff A young girl raised her hand and was called upon by former-President Gerald Ford. It was 1989. The girl asked, “Mr. Ford, what advice would you give a young...
Emily Articulated: Sandpoint Pride
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist The first thing I noticed was the security wall which, in all honesty, was a relief. Because, in North Idaho, at an event like Pride, safety doesn’t feel like...
Mass voter turnout needed in Nov. election to avoid Trump’s ‘Day 1’ dictator promises
By Gil Beyer Reader Contributor Voting in the upcoming general election is even more important now than it was before July 1. This November may be the last chance we have to correct the...
Together in the graveyard
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff There’s a patch of shade behind my house hidden under the drooping boughs of ocean spray shrubs. The only markers now separating it from the surrounding forest are the...
Paving the way for the return of labor and delivery
By Karen Matthee Reader Contributor Gray skies and a steady drizzle outside Bluebird Bakery’s windows on July 2 were a fitting backdrop to the somber mood inside as Bonner General Health staff addressed the...
Back of the Book: It can’t happen here?
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff I had trouble mustering much Independence Day fervor during the past July 4 holiday, what with the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that makes the Spirit of ’76 all but...
Residents asked to weigh in on Bonner County’s rural character
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor “Rural” is difficult to define, but how to protect that character is at the heart of the debate over the future Land Use Map for Bonner County. The county...
Discovering England — without a cell phone
By Jim Payne Reader Contributor “I’m sorry, sir, we’re fully booked,” said the smiling, white-haired woman busily tending luxuriant purple flowers in front of Wheatleys Farm B&B in Ashton Keynes, England. This was my...
