‘Back to the drawing board’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted down a lengthy resolution brought by Commissioner Steve Bradshaw after two weeks of debate about the purpose — and legality — of the document, instead...
Category: News in Brief
North Idaho operating under crisis standards of care
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Idaho made an unprecedented move in its fight against the novel coronavirus on Sept. 7, as the Department of Health and Welfare announced that North Idaho would be activating...
Lake drawdown to start Sept. 19
By Reader Staff Lake Pend Oreille will begin dropping to its winter operating level starting Sunday, Sept. 19, marking the start of a long drawdown period culminating in mid-November, when the lake will sit...
P&Z delays waterfront code amendment
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint Planning and Zoning commissioners voted Sept. 7 to delay action on a proposed amendment to zoning code that would clear the way for structures to be built within...
Council greenlights local option tax for Nov. ballot
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff In a special meeting Sept. 8, the Sandpoint City Council voted 4-1 to approve a resort city local option tax of 1% for inclusion on the Tuesday, Nov. 2...
Remembering 9/11: 20 years later
Apocalyptic literature By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff My college roommates and I lived together — all 20 or, like me, nearing 21 years old — in a nice house a few blocks from then-Albertson...
Little reactivates Idaho National Guard, urges vaccine
By Reader Staff Idaho Gov. Brad Little announced Aug. 31 that he would once again mobilize the Idaho National Guard to assist in the COVID-19 crisis — this time to “support short-staffed medical facilities”...
Citizen input prompts reverse of BoCo polling place changes
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted Aug. 31 to override a previous motion that would have relocated polling places in nine area precincts. County Clerk Mike Rosedale said the reversal came...
Commissioners table ‘Constitutional County’ issue
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners stood at a stalemate during their Aug. 31 business meeting, disagreeing on a resolution that would declare “Constitutional County” status and forbade them from ever enacting...
‘Whose workforce?’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A proposed 21-lot subdivision on the west side of North Boyer Avenue received a recommendation of approval from Sandpoint Planning and Zoning commissioners Aug. 17 and is now headed...
