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 prior to the November...
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 early voting continues from...
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 service. The proposed Bonner County...
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 it was sponsored by...
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 of two new members...
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 Bay Road to developer...
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 high number of autopsies...
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 a member of the...
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 Commissioner Dan McDonald. Kunzeman...
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 University of Utah’s Environmental...
