Gov. Little issues stay-at-home order for entire state
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Gov. Brad Little issued a “stay-at-home” order for the enter state of Idaho at a press conference in Boise on Wednesday, March 25.
“Today I …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Gov. Brad Little issued a “stay-at-home” order for the enter state of Idaho at a press conference in Boise on Wednesday, March 25.
“Today I …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Regardless of whether you’re on COVID-19 quarantine at home, most of the world’s premiere art galleries, museums, libraries or exotic places are, or probably will …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The human spirit is a resilient, powerful thing. As more and more of us are coming to grips with what may be a long period …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Restaurants and bars in Sandpoint are facing a stark new reality under the new guidelines recently issued by the Trump administration to help stop the …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
There have been nine lab-confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) reported statewide in Idaho as of Wednesday, March 18 at 10 a.m. All confirmed cases …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners approved a local declaration of disaster emergency on Tuesday, March 17 following a recommendation from Bonner County Emergency Management regarding the novel …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Sandpoint City Council unanimously approved Mayor Shelby Rognstad’s declaration of local emergency March 18 — the last day the body will meet in person …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Preface: This article was researched and written on Monday, March 9, 2020. This is important, because by the time you’re reading this now, the numbers …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Regardless of whether a community, region or country has been touched by the virus COVID-19, it seems the so-called “coronavirus” has taken over the social …
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