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 at our hospital, proudly...
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 one could live among...
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 of spring, leaving only...
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 the evidence. Green leaves,...
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, enforce the law and collect...
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 bills to finalize and...
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 for lunch, or in...
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 intimate to share with...
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. The Today Show reported...
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 is exactly what you...
