Slate of 2024 primary candidates finalized
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Tuesday, May 21 primary will feature a crowded field of candidates, after the filing period to run for office closed March 15 and revealed contested races up and...
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BOCC meeting raises concerns over county cybersecurity
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Hostilities between the Bonner County board of commissioners and the offices of the sheriff, prosecutor and coroner temporarily deescalated during the regular business meeting March 19, after Prosecutor Louis...
Official candidate filing period open until March 15
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Though a number of candidates have already announced their intention to run for Dist. 1 legislative and local offices, the official filing period for the Tuesday, May 21 primary...
Sandpoint P&Z recommends approval of fairgrounds lot subdivision
By Zach Hagadone and Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Local government watchers enjoyed a double-header on March 5, as both the Bonner County board of commissioners and Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission took up the...
BOCC back and forth on county insurance
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staf The Bonner County commissioners were able to approve several bits of new business — mainly regarding Road and Bridge rock crushing contracts and Bonner County Waterways funding — even...
New candidates for BoCo commissioner, Dist. 1A House
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The slate of Republican candidates for the 2024 election is getting longer with the recent announcement that Clark Fork resident Dimitry Borisov intends to seek the Bonner County commissioner...
The future of public comment at the BOCC
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners maintained an uncharacteristically reserved first half of its regular business meeting on Feb. 20 — unanimously approving airport grant applications, the Justice Services’...
Bonner County resident trespassed again from commissioner meetings
By Soncirey Mitchell and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Following the controversial citizen’s arrest and trespassing of county residents Dave Bowman and Rick Cramer on Jan. 26 by Luke Omodt, chair of the Bonner County...
BOCC civil protection order clarified after five months
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners reached an unprecedented level of dysfunction in August of 2023, when Commissioner Steve Bradshaw allegedly made a verbal threat against fellow-Commissioner Asia Williams,...
Omodt announces Dist. 3 commissioner reelection bid
By Reader Staff Bonner County Commissioner Luke Omodt has announced he will seek an additional term representing District 3, which includes the areas immediately north of Sandpoint and the eastern portion of the county. Omodt...
