Primary forum vets candidates
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff If you’re looking to make an informed vote this primary election, be sure to turn out next week for a candidate forum. Sandpoint Online and the Sandpoint Reader are...
Category: News in Brief
Memorial Field open house scheduled
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The much-anticipated final design for the Memorial Field grandstands and entryway is ready for a public debut. Project planners have scheduled at open house to detail the final design...
Bonners Ferry Fire Department wins dance contest
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff It wasn’t all tragic news for the Bonners Ferry Fire Department last week. The department scored about $50,000 worth of turnout gear after winning a dance video contest. What...
Undersheriff Hale resigns
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Bonner County Undersheriff David Hale, Sheriff Daryl Wheeler’s second-in-command, resigned last week under fire from accusations of improper electioneering. Hale took heat earlier this month after he admitted to...
Church fire unites Bonners Ferry
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The loss of St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Bonners Ferry last week was a blow to the town. Even so, the community response demonstrated a solidarity that impressed city...
Grant approved for Solar Roadways project
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff It won’t be long before visitors to Jeff Jones Town Square will be taking a step into the future. The city of Sandpoint announced Friday that the Idaho Department...
Paper Trail: How the Panama Papers financial data leak tracks back to Idaho
By Zach Hagadone For the Boise Weekly No one was supposed to know the financial details held by Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. Run by two lawyers—one the son of a Waffen-SS soldier, the...
More lawsuits hit Bonner County
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Yet another round of lawsuits questioning the legality of recent Bonner County commissioner decisions have hit the courts. Hot off the heels of several wrongful termination lawsuits and tort...
Trial and Error:
By Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica The Innocence Project released a report Tuesday alleging that prosecutors across the country are almost never punished when they withhold evidence or commit other forms of misconduct that land innocent...
Mueller passes away
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Former county commissioner Bud Mueller died on March 18. He was 80 years old. A colorful and energetic personality in local politcs, Mueller is most remembered as a politician...
