County to hold public meeting on EMS
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Commissioners will hold a public meeting regarding possible changes to the county’s Emergency Management Services system 9 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 18, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Commissioners will hold a public meeting regarding possible changes to the county’s Emergency Management Services system 9 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 18, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Concerned citizens have filed an appeal with the Bonner County Board of Commissioners challenging the county’s planning and zoning department’s approval of a conditional use …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A law firm representing Bonner County pushed back Wednesday against a wrongful termination lawsuit filed against the county by former airport director James Kaiser.
Calling …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County Commissioners unanimously approved a social media policy for all county employees and officials Tuesday. The new policy, headed by the county’s Human Resources …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Every Idaho legislator and county commissioner — totaling 237 people — received email invitations to meet with Trump administration officials at the White House, including …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The advisory vote may be over, but the proposed Scotchman Peaks wilderness was still at the forefront of discussion Tuesday at the Bonner County Commissioners’ …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County Commissioners are slated to discuss their stance on the Scotchman Peaks wilderness proposal at their Tuesday business meeting.
The agenda lists a discussion …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
One might not expect the eye-popping vistas of Scotchman Peaks to be the symbolic site of a political battlefield.
Yet as pro- and anti-wilderness advocates …
By U.S. Senator Jim Risch
Reader Contributor
When you vote next month in the primary election, language will be included on the ballot asking the community to decide “Do you …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Idaho Conservation League Conservation Associate Matt Nykiel requested Bonner County commissioners send a letter to several federal permitting agencies requesting they require BNSF produce an …
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