County solid waste fees to increase
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously Sept. 4 to increase solid waste fees starting in the 2020 fiscal year in order to account for several improvement …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously Sept. 4 to increase solid waste fees starting in the 2020 fiscal year in order to account for several improvement …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners adopted a $63 million fiscal year 2020 budget Aug. 26, following two public hearings in which increased revenues, spending and salaries dominated …
By Zach Hagadone and Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Festival at Sandpoint had barely opened its 2019 season when open carry and concealed firearms advocates took aim at the event’s …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County Commissioners voted unanimously to send a letter of support for two biological control agents — insects — that could help control certain noxious …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County Commissioners unanimously approved adoption of a Regional Mass Fatality Management Plan Tuesday, joining four other North Idaho counties in doing so.
The plan, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The first few miles of Trestle Creek Road will see a $5 million makeover in coming years thanks to a Federal Lands Access Program grant.…
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When it comes to local legends, no name has made as much noise in the past year as NFL legend Jerry Kramer, and for good …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners approved the appointment of six members to the Solid Waste Advisory Committee on April 23, and term limits for those members were …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners will hold a public hearing Friday to consider business property tax exemptions for four local businesses.
The four businesses set to be …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Bonner County is declaring a complete victory in its legal battle with SilverWing following an Idaho Supreme Court ruling in its favor.
In its decision, …
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