BoCo RV campground expansion spurs debate
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners tabled a decision July 26 to accept grant funding from the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation for an extension of the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners tabled a decision July 26 to accept grant funding from the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation for an extension of the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
In recent summers, the debate over wake on Bonner County waterways has been nothing short of turbulent.
As boaters desire larger wakes for recreating, waterfront …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Judith M. Carpenter, 57, of Coeur d’Alene, is in custody at the Bonner County Jail, charged with the 2017 killing of 79-year-old Hope woman Shirley …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
UPDATE 2:58 p.m. Thursday: Bonner County Courthouse officials confirm that Haskins posted bail Thursday and is no longer at the Bonner County Jail.
An 18-year-old …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
A 12-year-old Bonner County boy went missing Tuesday, prompting a search and rescue effort that ultimately found the boy not far from his home.
The …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in the 2004 cold case murder of a 34-year-old Priest River mother of three.
Christine Lott …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The Idaho Attorney General’s Office announced last week that the Bonner County Sheriff’s Office broke no laws in concealing murder investigation records from the public.…
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