BCEDC seeking full-time executive director
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As Bonner County — and Idaho in general — is experiencing a boom in new residents, that also means the potential for a major upswing in local economic activity....
Category: News in Brief
State reviews policies as Reclaim Idaho requests updated financial analysis of education initiative
By Clark Corbin Idaho Capital Sun Officials with Reclaim Idaho have asked the state to issue a revised financial analysis of their updated ballot initiative language, a state official said. The initiative, which would...
County shoreline code changes on ‘back burner’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Since the Bonner County Planning Department solicited comments on the county’s shoreline code in November 2020, the issue had seemingly disappeared from the larger local planning landscape — that...
Bits ‘n’ Pieces: June 10, 2021
By Lorraine H. Marie Reader Columnist East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling: The millions of dollars paid to cyberhackers who held Colonial Pipeline...
USFS comes out on top in Bog Creek Road lawsuit
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff A judge ruled in favor of the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol in a lawsuit June 4 filed by a number of environmental groups that...
City seeking applicants for new Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation Commission
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Applications to serve on the newly created Sandpoint Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation Commission are being accepted through Friday, June 25, with an online form available at lf.sandpointidaho.gov/Forms/CommitteeApplication. The...
Register cars bought in Idaho online
By Reader Staff The Idaho Transportation Department’s Division of Motor Vehicles is adding another option to its online DMV services: Idahoans who have recently purchased a vehicle from a licensed Idaho dealership may now...
Carpenter sentenced in Ramey killing
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Judith M. Carpenter pled guilty to second-degree murder on May 25, putting an end to nearly two years of court proceedings since her 2019 arrest in connection to the...
COVID vaccines prove effective
By Reader Staff It’s been almost a month since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 — that is, two weeks post-second shot — can...
Bits ‘n’ Pieces: June 3, 2021
By Lorraine H. Marie Reader Columnist East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling: British cyber security firm Comparitech discovered a massive bot farm that...
