By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners voted unanimously Dec. 23 to reaffirm a disaster declaration for Bonner County following recent wind storms on Dec. 17, which left thousands without power...
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff In response to recent flooding throughout the Inland Northwest, the Bonner County board of commissioners reaffirmed a countywide emergency disaster declaration and request for aid from the U.S. Army Corps...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff First responders with Selkirk Fire & Rescue battled a blaze May 27 that grew to include multiple structures and vehicles, as well as about five acres of vegetation, triggering...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff At a Jan. 8 People’s Rights meeting, Bonner County Commissioner Ron Korn announced the creation of the Bonner County Civil Defense and Resilience Team, a group of county officials,...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners approved a local declaration of disaster emergency on Tuesday, March 17 following a recommendation from Bonner County Emergency Management regarding the novel coronavirus pandemic. The resolution...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Regardless of whether a community, region or country has been touched by the virus COVID-19, it seems the so-called “coronavirus” has taken over the social consciousness in recent weeks...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Commissioners are putting the brakes on restructuring the county’s Emergency Management Services. Since news broke in December that the BOCC was considering a major shift in EMS...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Board of Bonner County Commissioners is experiencing pushback following the news that the county may transition their current Emergency Management Services system from county-operated to a non-profit entity....
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff In the midst of the back-and-forth about the proposed Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railway bridge project across Lake Pend Oreille, the company is touting a simple platform: safety. BNSF spokesperson...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Predictions that this year’s above-average snowpack would lead to flooding are coming to fruition. Bonner County Emergency Management announced Wednesday that the warm temperatures, runoff and rain mean the...
