‘It is containable’
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 consciousness in recent weeks...
Tagged: Panhandle Health District
Tick tock?
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff As if the idea of a blood-sucking arachnid latching onto your tender flesh isn’t reason enough to shudder, ticks are getting more creative with the ick-inducing horrors they deliver....
SPIN program addresses mental health
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Recently, the Panhandle Health District conducted a community health assessment to determine what the top serious issues in our community for 2018. The 129-page report listed mental health was...
LPOSD Taking preventative action against Spokane mumps outbreak
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Lake Pend Oreille School District is circling the wagons in hopes a mumps outbreak in Spokane doesn’t reach North Idaho. With Spokane mumps cases growing worse by the day,...
Commissioners delay action on subdivision changes
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff County commissioners put the brakes on proposed changes to county subdivisions after three hours of deliberation and public comment last Thursday. A hotly contested proposal among county landowners, the...
County subdivisions under the microscope
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners are diving back into land use issues next week with proposed changes to county subdivisions. Under the amendments, a minor land division will be defined as...
