By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Conservation groups embroiled in a longtime struggle to block Coeur d’Alene-based Hecla Mining from developing copper and silver extraction projects in the Cabinet Mountains cheered the decision from a...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The saga of the proposed asphalt batch plant in Sagle continues after a District Court judge in Nez Perce County ruled July 26 to deny a request by Bonner...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Legal wrangling over the controversial silicon smelter plant proposed in Newport, Wash. is entering another phase, as opponents filed an appeal July 24 with the Division III Court of...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad is no stranger to hate mail — or hateful robocalls, for that matter. Even before he won election in 2015, Rognstad was made the subject...
By Reader Staff The Strong Creek Bridge is open to vehicular traffic after a four-month closure. The Idaho Transportation Department spent the past several months replacing the bridge, adding a concrete sidewalk and ADA-accessible...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted July 16 to approve a $20,000 budget increase for Bonner County Coroner Robert Beers, responding to increased costs and an inordinately high number of autopsies...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Reclaim Idaho, the nonpartisan grassroots organization largely responsible for getting Medicaid expansion on the 2018 Idaho ballot, hosted a town hall July 23 in Sandpoint to foster discussion surrounding...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A public input session hosted July 23 by the Lake Pend Oreille School District Board of Trustees threw surprisingly few sparks — especially given the amount of heat typically...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff After an extensive round of interviews with five candidates, Lake Pend Oreille School District officials landed on their choice for principal at Sandpoint High School with David Miles II. ...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The public will have a chance to weigh in on a possible Bonner County Solid Waste fee increase at a hearing Wednesday, Sept. 4, as the county considers boosting...
