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 in place to mitigate...
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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 the highly coveted doses....
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 since virus tracking began...
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 question throughout the COVID-19...
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 caseloads as the country...
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 earnest in mid-spring 2020,...
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 future of their children....
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 relatively new disease and...
‘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. Brad Little made the...
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 tweet or Facebook message,...
