The children just want to breathe
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
As fires rage in Idaho’s forests, the smoke hangs so thick sometimes in Sandpoint that its famous views take on a muted, ghostly pallor. Summer …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
As fires rage in Idaho’s forests, the smoke hangs so thick sometimes in Sandpoint that its famous views take on a muted, ghostly pallor. Summer …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Civility governing interactions between the public and staff at City Hall, as well as decorum at public meetings, are at the core of a new …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
While tensions have run high at Bonner County commissioner meetings for months, that tension reached an all-time high on June 27, as Chairman Steve Bradshaw …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
On May 9, Bonner County Assessor Grant Dorman — who took office in January — issued his resignation effective Friday, June 2 due to health …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Bonner County voters returned a number of incumbents to office in the May 16 election for trustee positions on the East Bonner County Library and …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Among the agenda items addressed at the April 26 meeting of the Bonner County Area Transportation Team were a number of significant developments regarding the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Planning Commission on April 18 approved a Comprehensive Plan map amendment and zone change for nearly 900 acres of property recently de-annexed …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It was a packed house April 19 at the East Bonner County Library Sandpoint Branch, as about 140 community members turned out to hear candidates …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation has now weighed in on the continuing debate about the future location of an RV park expansion at …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The April 4 meeting of the Bonner County Commissioners, which lasted a remarkable four hours prior to executive session, saw two split votes on matters …
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