By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Once the Democratic contender for the Idaho House 1A seat being sought by Republican nominee Mark Sauter, Steve Johnson has dropped out of that race and announced his intention...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted to adopt a $81 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year at a public hearing on Aug. 22, making official a nearly $19 million increase...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Boundary County Library Director Kimber Glidden announced her resignation Aug. 16, effective Saturday, Sept. 10, following months of mounting pressure from a recall effort, as well as...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Kaniksu Land Trust temporarily closed several trails at Pine Street Woods on Aug. 15 after mountain bikers reported seeing a dead deer near the Crooked Tree overlook. The organization...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Sticker shock is a natural reaction upon first seeing the proposed Bonner County budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which features a jump from $62 million in FY 2022...
By Reader Staff The Idaho Department of Lands reported Aug. 7 that there had been 89 fires — totaling 345 burned acres — on the 6.3 million acres of land the department protects across...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Members of the public have the chance to have their voices heard regarding the suggested “Goals, Objectives and Policies” of Bonner County’s updated Comprehensive Plan at a workshop scheduled...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously Aug. 9 to return $800,300 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to the county’s Emergency Medical Services budget nearly a year after the monies...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Among the items in the city of Sandpoint’s proposed fiscal year 2023 budget are a number of big-ticket capital improvement projects, as well as a few expanded and new...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The city of Sandpoint is proposing a fiscal year 2023 budget of $49,655,545 — up from $40,597,539 in FY 2022 — with the single biggest increase coming in the...
