By Cameron Rasmusson and Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Ballot proposals Beyond the expected electoral contests this year, high-stakes ballot issues defined North Idaho elections. Two votes, one measuring support of the proposed Scotchman Peaks...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Northside Fire is receiving some serious kudos from the Bonner County Sheriff’s Department after assisting them in rescuing some stranded river floaters nearly 50 miles outside of the fire...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Bonner County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a new firearm use and training policy for the county’s Justice Services department. Justice Services Director Ron Stultz...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The entrance to Bottle Bay Road off Highway 95 south of Sandpoint will be opening up sooner than originally anticipated, said Bonner County Road and Bridge Director Steve Klatt...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in the 2004 cold case murder of a 34-year-old Priest River mother of three. Christine Lott was reported missing in...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The Idaho Community Foundation’s Northern Region Grant Panel recently announced that Bonner and Boundary county nonprofits will receive almost $50,000 in grants. The awards are a solid chunk of...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A man convicted of shooting two Bonner County sheriff’s deputies was sentenced this week to 50 years in prison. KREM 2 News reports that Adam Foster, 32, who pleaded...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office is facing a lawsuit from the widow of a man fatally shot by deputies last year. The Idaho Statesman reports that Robin Andrews is...
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’ meeting. The agenda featured...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer Bonner County commissioners voted 3-0 Tuesday to adopt the Natural Resource Plan after four years of writing, workshopping and public debate. The plan, drafted by a commissioner-appointed committee,...
