Voting in the age of coronavirus
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It didn’t take long for Bonner County elections officials to realize that the coronavirus pandemic would require major changes to how they managed the polls for the May 19...
Category: Politics
Legislative, county office seekers participate in virtual forum
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Candidates for contested Bonner County commissioner and District 1 Seat B representative seats faced off April 29 — albeit via video conference platform Zoom — at a “virtual” candidates...
Heather Scott’s ‘Holocaust,’ ‘Little Hitler’ comments draw international attention
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff If Blanchard Republican Rep. Heather Scott was hungry for headlines, she now has a cornucopia on which to dine. The world has taken notice of her recent remarks comparing...
Reader, Sandpoint Online to host virtual candidate forum
By Ben Olson Reader Staff With the May 19 primary election looming, the Sandpoint Reader and Sandpoint Online have joined forces to host a virtual candidates forum on Tuesday, April 28 at 6 p.m. ...
The role of public servants in times of crisis
By Butch Horton Special to the Reader In a time of crisis, public servants should be a unifying voice. We need to calm fear and bring people together in support of each other. The...
Open letter to Mr. Wheeler and Sheriff Wheeler
By Pierre Bordenave Reader Contributor To Mr. Wheeler: As an individual citizen, I support and vigorously defend your right of free speech and to believe whatever you wish to believe, or choose to...
May primary voting to be absentee ballot only
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Idaho Secretary of State Lawrence Denney announced April 1 that all Idahoans will vote in the May primary using absentee ballots. “In order to keep Idahoans safe amid the...
Here We Have Idaho: What’s happening at the Idaho Legislature this week
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A ‘divisive’ session As Idaho lawmakers approach the end of the 2020 Legislature, which is expected to adjourn Friday, March 20, they’ve already started to take stock of what...
Here We Have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Education funding The powerful Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee unanimously approved a budget for Idaho public schools March 3, amounting to $1.977 billion in fiscal year 2021 state funding. Representing almost...
Primary primer: How to navigate the 2020 primary elections
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Bonner County Elections supervisor Charlie Wurm is gearing up for “three days of craziness here,” as voters prepare to head to the polls Tuesday, March 10 for the first...
