By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Bonner County Republican Central Committee hosted a forum Wednesday night for the candidates running for the Lake Pend Oreille School District school board trustee election. The event took...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff *UPDATED* A train derailed Monday morning south of Cocolalla Lake, directly in front of Valley Vista ranch adjacent to Highway 95. The crash was reported around 6 a.m. and...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Trump administration announced Monday it would enact up to 24 percent tariffs on lumber shipped into the United States. The tariffs come after President Trump’s continued election campaign...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A vision of Cedar Street under the city’s planned downtown revitalization project is beginning to take shape. The Sandpoint City Council approved a plan for Cedar Street between Fifth...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Last week, Jim McKiernan stepped down as publisher of the Bonner County Daily Bee, Priest River Times and Bonners Ferry Herald. The circumstances of the departure are still unclear....
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff With the May 16 election for Lake Pend Oreille School Board shaping up to be the most heated in years, several candidate events are lining up to help inform...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Pending government approvals, BNSF Railway plans to move forward with a second bridge across Lake Pend Oreille. Company officials announced this week that design and engineering for the project...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s veto of the grocery tax repeal on Tuesday is a setback for tax relief proponents, but it could make life easier for the city of...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A case of suspicious death last week resulted in the arrest of a person of interest, followed swiftly by his release. Nathan Utt was freed from custody this week...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff With the Idaho Legislature wrapping up its 2017 session last week, we caught up with District 1’s Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, and Rep. Sage Dixon, R-Ponderay, to gather their...
