By Reader Staff The percentage of unemployed Idahoans stayed steady in December 2023 at 3.3% — a figure carried over from November with a number of trends canceling each other out. While overall employment...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners continued its months-long streak of argumentative business meetings on Tuesday, Jan. 23, when members sparred over public comment, Commissioner Asia Williams’ agenda items...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Before they could adopt the order of the agenda, an argument broke out among the Bonner County board of commissioners at their regular Jan. 16 business meeting, when Chair...
By Reader Staff Bonner County Sheriff Daryl Wheeler announced Jan. 15 that he would seek a fifth term, signaling his intent to vye for the Republican nomination in the May 21 primary. According to...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff In addition to swearing in new members and the mayor, the Sandpoint City Council voted to advance the Travers Park inclusive playground and splash pad at its Jan. 3...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners’ regular business meeting came to several abrupt halts on Jan. 9, as Chair Luke Omodt called for five separate recesses ranging from five...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The new year did not bring out a new side of the Bonner County board of commissioners, whose regular business meeting Tuesday, Jan. 2 devolved into an argument while...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The regular Jan. 3 meeting of the Sandpoint City Council ushered in a number of big changes at City Hall, with the swearing-in of Jeremy Grimm as mayor and...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Among the biggest news to come out of Sandpoint City Hall in a year filled with hefty headlines was the pre-holiday announcement by City Administrator Jennifer Stapleton that she...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff In response to the now-routine hostility between county elected officials, employees and members of the public during the Bonner County board of commissioners’ meetings, the board reinforced and altered...
