Neglected dogs show signs of improvement
By Reader Staff
The 10 dogs brought to Better Together Animal Alliance in mid-January as part of an active investigation by the Bonner County Sheriff’s Office are showing signs of …
By Reader Staff
The 10 dogs brought to Better Together Animal Alliance in mid-January as part of an active investigation by the Bonner County Sheriff’s Office are showing signs of …
By Reader Staff
According to a legal opinion from the Idaho attorney general’s office obtained by the Reader late Feb. 16, Bonner County commissioners “likely” violated state Open Meeting Law …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Recreational vehicle registrations will temporarily halt in April as the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation works to move registrations and invasive species sticker purchases …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Idaho Attorney General’s office responded to claims put forth in a letter by Bonner County Sheriff Daryl Wheeler that Gov. Brad Little’s stay-at-home order …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Bonner County Sheriff Daryl Wheeler sent a letter to Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Thursday, April 2 claiming the governor’s stay-at-home order issued March 25 …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Contributor
It took three decades for the family of Tammy Bristow to see a break in the investigation of her murder.
Strangled at her south Sandpoint …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Spencer James, a Bonner County man arrested in connection with a series of Sagle burglaries this summer, will face prison time following a plea deal.…
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Contributor
Over the past several months, the Sagle community was rocked by a string of burglaries that left homeowners nervous and frustrated.
Those unsettled neighborhoods are …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Judith M. Carpenter, 57, of Coeur d’Alene, is in custody at the Bonner County Jail, charged with the 2017 killing of 79-year-old Hope woman Shirley …
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