‘It is containable’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Regardless of whether a community, region or country has been touched by the virus COVID-19, it seems the so-called “coronavirus” has taken over the social consciousness in recent weeks...
Category: News in Brief
County eliminates single-stream recycling program
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted Tuesday, March 3 to eliminate the single-stream recycling program at the Dufort solid waste collection site, based on a recommendation from the county’s Solid Waste...
LPOSD levy challenge moves forward
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A ruling is due within 30 days — and may come as early as next week — in the case against Lake Pend Oreille School District challenging the results...
Idaho AG’s office questions transgender athlete bill
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff A bill that would ban transgender women from participating on female public school sports teams in Idaho passed the House Feb. 26 with a 52-17-1 vote, marking the latest...
Here We Have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Teacher salaries A major piece of Idaho education legislation took its first step forward Feb. 26, as the House Education Committee unanimously voted to advance House Bill 523 with...
Judge denies county motion to halt Festival gun suit
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Kootenai County District Court Judge Lansing L. Haynes denied a motion Feb. 25 from Bonner County to stay its lawsuit against the city of Sandpoint, which challenges the Festival...
Hearing in gun ban lawsuit scheduled for Feb. 25
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Court documents show that Bonner County has filed a motion to stay its lawsuit against the city of Sandpoint, which challenges the legality of The Festival at Sandpoint’s weapons...
Judge upholds Sagle asphalt plant approval
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Second District Court Judge Jeff M. Brudie handed down an opinion Feb. 5 in the case of the hotly contested Sagle asphalt plant proposal, affirming the Board of Bonner...
That’s a re-wrap
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff So-called “yarn bombing” is usually done in secret. One day, a fence or signpost is just what it appears to be; the next, after a night-time visit from ninja-like...
Bonners Ferry theater faces blowback for policy banning weapons
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The drama over so-called “gun free zones” has spread from Sandpoint — where for months county and city officials have sparred in court over The Festival at Sandpoint’s no-weapons...
