Here We Have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The big tax cut Idaho House members approved on strict party lines a $389 million tax cut for state ratepayers, which proponents said would provide ongoing tax relief to...
Category: News in Brief
Family identifies man who died after skiing accident on Schweitzer
By Reader Staff The family of a man who died as the result of a skiing accident March 12 at Schweitzer Mountain Resort confirmed his identity as Heath McHenry, who “was an expert all-terrain...
Bonner Co. Human Rights Task Force opens 2021 scholarships, hosts logo design contest
By Reader Staff The Bonner County Human Rights Task Force is offering two human rights scholarships to graduating seniors in Bonner County. The Darby and Amber Campbell Memorial Scholarship varies from $500 to $2,500,...
Local Rotarians want to send you to Cabo
By Reader Staff How does a seven-day escape to Los Cabos, complete with two roundtrip airline tickets and other amenities sound? Sandpoint Rotarians kicked off raffle sales for the Great Escape 2021 this week....
Zebra mussels found living in aquarium products
By Reader Staff The U.S. Geological Survey’s Nonindigenous Aquatic Species program recently issued a national alert, making consumers aware that aquarium products known as “moss balls,” sold for betta and shrimp habitat, were discovered...
Amber Coffman Campbell New Direction Grant presented
By Reader Staff The Angels Over Sandpoint has presented a New Direction Grant from the Amber Coffman Campbell Memorial Fund to Amanda Knapp. The grant is presented to a Bonner County resident who has...
BoCo v. Governor suit over CARES Act funds sees ‘amicable resolution’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff A lawsuit between Bonner County and Idaho Gov. Brad Little regarding the allocation and use of Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act funds has come to an end,...
Idaho debuts online tool for COVID-19 vaccine scheduling
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Idaho launched a new website for people hoping to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, in an effort to offer a one-stop-shop to connect patients with those providing the shots. The...
School levy elections: West Bonner fails, Boundary and Lakeland squeak by at the polls
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Voters went to the polls March 9, weighing in on a number school levies throughout the state — including in the West Bonner County, Boundary County and Lakeland school...
Work planned on Long Bridge, U.S. 95-Lakeshore intersection
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A number of changes and improvements are slated for the Long Bridge and its surrounding southern roadway, with the Idaho Transportation embarking on a project announced March 3 to...
