By Jen Jackson QuintanoReader Contributor Women’s health care in Bonner County is having a rough go and, by extension, so are patients. Yet, instead of seeing access to care for half our population as...
By Hope KeenanReader Contributor Dear Commissioner Korn, After consuming the Reader’s article on the Panhandle Health District audit presentation to our county commissioners, I was left with the impression that you could use a...
By Reader Staff The Pro-Voice Project will host “OB-GYN Care on the Line: A Community Conversation” — a listening-first forum that invites Bonner County residents to talk about how the loss of OB-GYN capacity...
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-SandpointReader Contributor The 2026 Legislative session starts on Jan. 12, so it’s time for drafting bills and preparing for advocacy work in the Capitol. Last month I wrote about a...
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Dover Reader Contributor I hope your summer is going well. The lake is up and warm, the skies are mostly clear, we have had a little rain and the temperatures...
By Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise Reader Contributor “We the People” are the beginning words of the U.S. Constitution. They speak to the guiding principles of our country. Similarly, political parties create platforms to express...
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist The closure of Bonner General’s labor and delivery unit is the talk of the town. In fact, it is the talk of the nation. The Today Show reported...
