By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Idaho health care officials are sounding alarm bells about the rapid upward trend in new COVID-19 cases, as the highly-contagious omicron variant spreads in what’s being reported around the...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The use of American Rescue Plan Act funds by Bonner County has remained a hot topic of discussion at weekly commissioner meetings since early November, when Sheriff Daryl Wheeler...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff There will be a few new faces around City Hall after the swearing in and election certification Jan. 5 of Council members Joel Aispuro, Justin Dick and Jason Welker,...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County Deputy Prosecutor Scott Bauer filed a notice of tort claim Dec. 28 against Bonner County, alleging “malicious defamation” by Commissioners Dan McDonald and Jeff Connolly — as...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As has become our custom, we like to set aside some time and space at the end of the year to reflect on the events of the previous 12...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Tom Albertson, superintendent of the Lake Pend Oreille School District, announced his retirement at the district’s board of trustees meeting Dec. 14, marking the end of a 35-year career...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Among the items on the agenda at the Dec. 15 meeting of the Sandpoint City Council — its last of 2021— was authorization for an application to seek $250,000...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County Treasurer Cheryl Piehl offered her resignation Sept. 21 to the county Board of Commissioners, sharing that her retirement from more than 30 years in the treasurer’s office...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced new coronavirus guidelines Dec. 27, stating that individuals carrying asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 can shorten their isolation period from 10 to...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted Dec. 28 to refuse grant funding from the Federal Aviation Administration, expressing concerns about the source of the money as well as the requirement that...
