Official candidate filing period open until March 15
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Though a number of candidates have already announced their intention to run for Dist. 1 legislative and local offices, the official filing period for the …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Though a number of candidates have already announced their intention to run for Dist. 1 legislative and local offices, the official filing period for the …
By Mia Maldonado
Idaho Capital Sun
In a narrow 34-35 vote, a bill to require insurance companies to cover up to six months of supplies of contraceptives passed the Idaho …
By Kyle Pfannenstiel
Idaho Capital Sun
Weeks after a library materials regulation bill failed by one vote in the state Senate, Idaho lawmakers on March 11 quickly advanced an amended …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Members of the Sandpoint City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission again gathered March 13 for a joint working session to go “chapter by chapter” …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The Sandpoint Parks and Recreation Department hosted an open house March 13 to display the chosen court layout for the James E. Russell Sports Center …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Idaho Republican Party held its 2024 presidential caucus March 2, with former-President Donald Trump handily winning the state’s 32 delegates to the Republican National …
By Zach Hagadone
and Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Local government watchers enjoyed a double-header on March 5, as both the Bonner County board of commissioners and Sandpoint Planning and Zoning …
By Reader Staff
The Sandpoint City Council will host a second joint working session with the Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday, March 13 at 6 p.m. at the Sandpoint …
By Daniel Walters
InvestigateWest
Two similar versions of legislation to narrow Idaho’s “Terrorist Control Act” to only apply to those connected to foreign terrorist organizations failed to find enough support …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staf
Sandpoint felt just a little weirder last weekend, as the 20th anniversary of The Follies, held by the Angels Over Sandpoint, brought the community together …
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