YEAR IN REVIEW: 2023
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
We’ve been doing these retrospectives every year since 2020, and so far the ’20s have lived up to their reputation for being “roaring.” Just reading …
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Making it to the manger
By Becca Renk Foster
Reader Contributor
It wasn’t quite a manger, but after I was born, my parents wrapped me in swaddling clothes and laid me in a dresser drawer …
Longtime BGH CEO Sheryl Rickard will retire at end of the year
By Reader Staff
After 36 years with Bonner General Health, CEO Sheryl Rickard will be retiring at the end of 2023, capping a career that began in 1986 as accounting …
BGH welcomes new ENT doctor
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Bonner General Health welcomed a new doctor to its roster in February. Dr. Susan Anderson is an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist whose addition will …
Historic Brown House demolished
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Brown House – the former home of Jim and Jean Brown, who once owned Schweitzer Mountain Resort and substantial land holdings in Bonner County …
Bonner General Health honors volunteers
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Bonner General Health Volunteer Council held their annual luncheon Wednesday, April 18.
Many volunteers attended, and Margo Johnson, chair of the Volunteer Council, presented …
Bonner General earns four-star rating
By Reader Staff
The Bonner General Health staff is enjoying a merry Christmas indeed after receiving a four-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.
A system evaluating hospitals …
Art for the soul
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Plenty of people can attest to the healing power of art. In that sense, it’s fitting that one of the largest galleries for miles around …
BGH nurses pass strike authorization
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Bonner General Health is undergoing negotiations with its nursing staff following a union vote to authorize a strike.
The vote, which took place throughout the …
Harvel sentenced in BGH embezzlement case
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Norilina Harvel, who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $200,000 from Bonner General Health in May, was sentenced to 90 days in jail on Friday.…
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