Category: News in Brief

County commissioners invited to White House

By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Every Idaho legislator and county commissioner — totaling 237 people — received email invitations to meet with Trump administration officials at the White House, including Bonner County commissioners.  The...

‘No Spray’ hard deadline June 30

By Reader Staff Bonner County residents who wish to participate in the county’s No Spray program have until June 30 to obtain and place certified signs on their property. Homemade signs will not be...

Litehouse announces sales growth

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The past year has been good to Litehouse, Inc. The Sandpoint-based company announced this week it experienced a nearly 18-percent increase in net sales last year, and its share...

Resident opens fire at senior home

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff No one was hurt in a gunfire incident at Huckleberry Retirement in which a resident of elderly care facility fired a pistol at a staffer. Officers from the Sandpoint...

Trade war targets iconic Idaho potatoes

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff As the centerpiece of state’s agricultural industry, the Idaho potato is iconic.  For many Americans, it’s Idaho’s only notable characteristic, a source of annoyance for locals and tourists who...

Boaters: It’s a big year for debris

By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Sheriff’s Deputy Rob Danno can describe this year’s waterway debris situation in a single word: “Problematic.” “There’s an unusual amount of debris in the water right now,”...