By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
In a special public hearing Sept. 27, Sandpoint City Council members voted to approve two requests from the Bonner County commissioners to rezone portions of …
By Luke Omodt,
County Commissioner, Dist. 3
Reader Contributor
During their summer meeting, the Idaho GOP adopted Rule XX, which states: “The Idaho Republican Party is a private organization dedicated …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The Bonner County commissioners’ regular Tuesday, Sept. 12 business meeting was punctuated by three separate recesses, as acting-Commission Chair Luke Omodt attempted to rein in …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Part of my weekly duties as publisher of the Reader is skimming through old newspaper archives for interesting news stories of the past for the …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The in-fighting that has for months characterized business meetings of the Bonner County board of commissioners reached a higher pitch in the past week, with …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The first hour or so of the regular business meeting of the Bonner County commissioners July 25 proceeded without incident.
The Road and Bridge Department …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners ultimately struck down a Comprehensive Plan Map amendment and zone change in June that would have paved the way for a gas …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The board of Bonner County commissioners voted during a special meeting June 16 to move forward with a zone change request and conditional use permit …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
It’s been nearly a year since a grant from the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation launched a debate over the future of property located …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The May 16 business meeting of the board of Bonner County commissioners proved to be another contentious chapter in the debate over a state-funded RV …
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