YEAR IN REVIEW: 2023
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff We’ve been doing these retrospectives every year since 2020, and so far the ’20s have lived up to their reputation for being “roaring.” Just reading the list of big...
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Making it to the manger
By Becca Renk Foster Reader Contributor It wasn’t quite a manger, but after I was born, my parents wrapped me in swaddling clothes and laid me in a dresser drawer lined with a blanket....
Longtime BGH CEO Sheryl Rickard will retire at end of the year
By Reader Staff After 36 years with Bonner General Health, CEO Sheryl Rickard will be retiring at the end of 2023, capping a career that began in 1986 as accounting supervisor for the hospital....
BGH welcomes new ENT doctor
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Bonner General Health welcomed a new doctor to its roster in February. Dr. Susan Anderson is an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist whose addition will help expand the clinical...
Historic Brown House demolished
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Brown House – the former home of Jim and Jean Brown, who once owned Schweitzer Mountain Resort and substantial land holdings in Bonner County – was demolished Wednesday...
Bonner General Health honors volunteers
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Bonner General Health Volunteer Council held their annual luncheon Wednesday, April 18. Many volunteers attended, and Margo Johnson, chair of the Volunteer Council, presented awards for hours of...
Bonner General earns four-star rating
By Reader Staff The Bonner General Health staff is enjoying a merry Christmas indeed after receiving a four-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. A system evaluating hospitals on a one- to...
Art for the soul
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Plenty of people can attest to the healing power of art. In that sense, it’s fitting that one of the largest galleries for miles around is located in Bonner...
BGH nurses pass strike authorization
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Bonner General Health is undergoing negotiations with its nursing staff following a union vote to authorize a strike. The vote, which took place throughout the day last Thursday, does...
Harvel sentenced in BGH embezzlement case
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Norilina Harvel, who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $200,000 from Bonner General Health in May, was sentenced to 90 days in jail on Friday. The sentence, which also...
