Bonner County sees ‘high’ COVID-19 transmission rate
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The U.S. hit a major milestone in the fight against the novel coronavirus on Aug. 2, announcing that 70% of American adults had received at least one dose of...
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Idaho to require proof of residency for COVID vaccine
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Idaho health officials took steps this week to ensure vaccines against the novel coronavirus make it into the arms of Idaho residents, announcing measures to verify residency of those...
Idaho is ‘scaling up’ vaccine distribution efforts
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Idaho Gov. Brad Little and the state’s pandemic response officials are focused on speeding up the rate of distribution of both the COVID-19 vaccine and important information regarding how...
Education, not enforcement
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff When the Panhandle Health District voted in favor of a mask mandate for the five northern Idaho counties on Nov. 19, the public conversation quickly turned...
State, local COVID-19 rates continue to rise as area hospitals struggle with capacity
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Idaho’s contribution to the nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases is continuing unabated, with the state tallying 1,310 more confirmed and probable cases on Nov. 18 alone, also adding 14...
‘That is shocking’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Idaho’s “curve” of COVID-19 cases continues ever upward, with another 1,693 confirmed and probable cases logged Nov. 11 by state health care trackers, bringing the total to 77,121 since...
PHD changes testing protocol as local COVID-19 cases climb
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Panhandle Health District announced that beginning July 14, people seeking tests for the novel coronavirus should use their primary care provider. Moving forward, PHD will only...
North Idaho law firm chosen to help small businesses navigate CARES Act
By Reader Staff North Idaho law firm Smith + Malek has been selected to be part of a nationwide program to help small businesses and nonprofits understand their relief program options under the Coronavirus...
City to distribute free masks while motion on face covering ordinance dies in council
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The agenda item of greatest interest at the jam-packed July 15 meeting of the Sandpoint City Council revolved around the possibility of mandated mask-wearing in public places — a...
Budgets on local, state level shift to meet COVID-19 challenges
By Zach Hagadone and Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Nearly four months after the state of Idaho began responding in earnest to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Sandpoint City Administrator Jennifer Stapleton provided some additional detail...
