Reader Quick Hits: May 8, 2020
Only three of the 67 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Panhandle Health District are still being monitored, the agency reported May 8. A total of 63 cases have been…
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Reader Quick Hits: Tuesday, April 14
Bonner County added no new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 on April 14, holding steady with four cases and no deaths, according to the state coronavirus reporting website coronavirus.idaho.gov and …
Bonner County case ‘not community transmission’
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The coronavirus pandemic hit home on March 29 when Panhandle Health District announced the first positive case in Bonner County. The patient is a male …
Idaho cases stands at 9
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 …
‘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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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