Dist. 1B Rep. Sage Dixon retires ahead of November election
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Idaho District 1B Rep. Sage Dixon, R-Ponderay, has stepped down from his seat in the Legislature, bringing to a close his fifth term in office …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Idaho District 1B Rep. Sage Dixon, R-Ponderay, has stepped down from his seat in the Legislature, bringing to a close his fifth term in office …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Voting in the 2024 primary election will take place in person at the polls from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21, though …
By Luke Omodt, Bonner County Commissioner Dist. 3
Reader Contributor
Money doesn’t grow on trees or empty fields. There are two ways local governments generate revenue: taxes or fees for …
By Commissioner Luke Omodt, Dist. 3
Reader Contributor
The first Bonner County Fair was held in 1927 at the original fairgrounds at War Memorial Park. Twenty communities were represented, and …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
A slate of new and re-elected Bonner County officials were sworn into office Jan. 9, marking the return of some old faces and the addition …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
In its third bout before the Bonner County commissioners, the board voted unanimously to approve an application to vacate the last 2,550 feet of Camp …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners voted July 16 to approve a $20,000 budget increase for Bonner County Coroner Robert Beers, responding to increased costs and an inordinately …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County Commissioner Dan McDonald is facing backlash after audio from a 2017 meeting on the proposed Newport silicon smelter was released on YouTube.
When …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Former Ponderay mayor Carol Kunzeman announced this week her candidacy for the Bonner County Board of Commissioners Seat 3, offering a GOP primary challenge to …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A newly released report finds both disagreements and common ground among Bonner County property owners when it comes to land use issues.
Conducted by the …
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