Planning commission recommends setback changes
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission voted at a hearing June 4 to recommend changes to Title 12. The proposed amendments, which will have to be approved by...
Category: News in Brief
Reclaim Idaho files suit to allow continued signature gathering
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Reclaim Idaho announced June 8 that the grassroots organization has filed a federal lawsuit against Idaho Gov. Brad Little and Secretary of State Lawerence Denney arguing that they violated...
Local BLM organizers demand change, issue statement on militias at marches
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Local organizers with the Black Lives Matter movement have issued a list of “demands and recommendations” to Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad, the Sandpoint City Council and Lake Pend Oreille...
City moving forward on Parks and Rec. Master Plan
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The city of Sandpoint is nearing the finish line in putting into place its Parks and Recreation Master Plan, devoting a substantial period of its City Council meeting June...
Spring runoff damages forest roads
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Snowmelt runoff and extended heavy rains have resulted in high volumes of water running through creeks in area forests, in some cases damaging U.S. Forest Service roads. According to...
What’s happening with the Fourth of July?
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As with a host of other long-time community events, including Lost in the ’50s and The Festival at Sandpoint, the annual Fourth of July celebration fell victim to the...
County issues proclamation opposing state COVID-19 order
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Bonner County Board of Commissioners issued a proclamation May 28 opposing the Idaho Stage 2 “Stay Healthy” order from Gov. Brad Little, alleging that the directive is unconstitutional....
Primary 2020 results
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The unprecedented mail-in-only 2020 primary election concluded June 2, with a significant decrease in turnout from the initial ballot requests. According to Bonner County elections numbers, of those previously...
Gun suit part deux
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It has been the better part of a year since Bonner County filed a lawsuit against the city of Sandpoint over the no-weapons policy at The Festival at Sandpoint,...
Area youths protest George Floyd killing
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A group of about 50 teens and twentysomethings marched across the Long Bridge on June 2 to protest the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man killed May...
