Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Council OKs temporary road striping

SANDPOINT — With an emphasis on the fact that it’s temporary, the Sandpoint City Council approved a plan Wednesday to stripe the downtown intersection of First Avenue, and Church and Bridge streets.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Aerocet continues its ascent

PRIEST RIVER — What does community involvement look like? It looks like support for local events and fundraisers. It looks like giving time, money and providing resources to every aspect of our rural life from lawn mower races to advocating for a women’s shelter. It looks like supporting school events, …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Guilt gets the best of book thief

There is a bit of mystery surrounding a recent letter received by staff at The Cottage, Panhandle Special Needs, Inc.’s thrift store. Apparently someone took some books without paying for them. Then, in a bout of remorse, confessed the crime and sent them $10 in restitution.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Hospital Week: A focus on continuous improvement

I must say, that I am far more often contacted by people who have had exemplary experiences with our hospital than not. And, I’ve personally had diagnostic imaging, surgeries and trips to the emergency department and have never had anything less than very satisfactory results, so if someone were to …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

What does blood have to do with it?

Often one subject leads to another. Robin Hanson, Bonner General Health Community Development Assistant and I were having a conversation about Cancer Care Services fundraising tea that was held last Saturday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Know the facts about whooping cough

Bordetella Pertussis may sound like a character in a 16th century opera and indeed it was first described in that age, but we know it better onomatopoeically as whooping cough. A bacterial infection that the Japanese call the 100-day cough, it’s identified by the sound made when the affected individual …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Bonner General's ICCU nurses are true 'champions'

The patient’s body is breaking down because her blood sugar is so high; another patient suffers chest pains, or a third an internal infection that’s so bad it requires 24-hour monitoring by a registered nurse. These are just three of the many instances one might make a visit to the …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO