Residents asked to weigh in on Bonner County’s rural character
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
“Rural” is difficult to define, but how to protect that character is at the heart of the debate over the future Land Use Map for …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
“Rural” is difficult to define, but how to protect that character is at the heart of the debate over the future Land Use Map for …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
A rezone proposal for a gas station and other amenities to be built at the intersection of Dufort and Vay roads, southeast of Priest River, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners repealed a moratorium May 23 against land-use actions on property de-annexed from the city of Priest River.
A moratorium was placed on …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Planning Commission currently has two open seats and applications are being accepted. Planning officials told the Reader that the “positions will close …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Planning Commission continues to rework the county’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan, starting with the “Goals, Objectives and Policies,” which serves as a …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission voted at a hearing June 4 to recommend changes to Title 12. The proposed amendments, which will have …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Yet another round of lawsuits questioning the legality of recent Bonner County commissioner decisions have hit the courts.
Hot off the heels of several wrongful …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Planning Commission hasn’t yet made a decision on proposed changes to land use appeals. But the Bonner County Board of Commissioners may …
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