Library to lift mask requirement June 1
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The East Bonner County Library announced May 3 that it would be dropping its face covering requirement effective Tuesday, June 1. The policy has been …
Tagged: coronavirus
Idaho officials ponder vaccination queue
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Now that vaccines for COVID-19 have made their way to Idaho, health and government officials are working on how to most fairly and effectively distribute …
Idaho receives first batches of COVID-19 vaccine
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Panhandle Health District reported 292 new cases of COVID-19 in the five northern counties Dec. 16, bringing the total number of cases to 13,662 …
Masks, money and ‘making some sort of a point’
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Who has the authority to take the reins during a deadly pandemic?
Elected officials — and citizens — across the state have wrestled with this …
COVID-19 update
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Idaho has made national headlines in the past week both for its dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases — part of a nationwide trend of increased …
Kootenai Health: Hospital capacity at 99% due to ‘surge’ in COVID-19 cases
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Statewide cases of COVID-19, the illness resulting from the novel coronavirus, have continued to exceed previous levels of positivity since the global pandemic began in …
A culture of care
By Ammi Midstokke
Reader Contributor
At a Sandpoint Waldorf School board meeting in mid-August, a group of faculty, parents and board members tried to have a civil discussion about the …
Mad About Science: COVID-19 misinformation
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
This week’s subject was suggested by the library’s lifelong learning coordinator, Mike Bauer. Thanks, Mike!
COVID-19 is a volatile subject right now. It’s still a …
‘Tell us what you need’
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Sitting down in the Sandpoint High School library across from Lake Pend Oreille School District Superintendent Tom Albertson and a host of other administrators, Gov. …
Shattered glass: The end of civil discourse
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Publisher’s note: The views expressed in this opinion article belong to the author.
The downfall of democracy will not come in the form of a …
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