CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE
2026 general Election By Reader Staff Before each election, the Sandpoint Reader reaches out to candidates in contested legislative and local races to ask questions about how they would represent the constituents in the...
Tagged: 2026 election
BoCo sheriff: ‘We would have received an indictment’
Meeting recording still absent from county YouTube By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Bonner County Sheriff Daryl Wheeler has weighed in on the recent disclosure of past sexual misconduct allegations surrounding District 2 Republican county commissioner...
Early voting opens Oct. 19 with election forum set for Oct. 20
By Reader Staff Early voting in the 2026 general election begins on Monday, Oct. 19, with eligible resident electors able to cast their ballots in person from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday, at the Bonner...
Understanding Sandpoint’s Nov. 3 local option tax ballot question
By Sandpoint Mayor Jeremy GrimmReader Contributor If you’ve followed my time as mayor, you know I’ve focused on investing in Sandpoint’s infrastructure and catching up on maintenance and repairs that have been put off...
What do you do when hired hands won’t do the job? You fire them
By Jim JonesReader Contributor The framers of the U.S. Constitution would be saddened to see the constitutional scofflaws who are occupying space in Idaho’s congressional offices. Republican Reps. Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher gave...
Idahoans deserve leaders focused on their concerns
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor What political parties choose to fight for says a lot about their values and what they demand from elected leaders. At a recent Idaho Democratic Party meeting in Coeur d’Alene,...
2026 election forum set for Oct. 20
By Reader Staff Coinciding with the beginning of early voting on Monday, Oct. 19, the Bonner County Daily Bee, KRFY Panhandle Community Radio, SandpointOnline.com and Sandpoint Reader will host an election forum on Tuesday,...
