Switching to Plan B:
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Planning Commission has a problem, one it’s struggling to resolve.
In December, the governmental body responsible for decisions on county land use …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Planning Commission has a problem, one it’s struggling to resolve.
In December, the governmental body responsible for decisions on county land use …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
If any symbolic figureheads have emerged in the local debate over refugee resettlement, they’re Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad and Bonner County Commissioner Glen Bailey.
Bailey …
By Harrison Berry
For Boise Weekly
One of Republican presidential contender Donald Trump’s most brazen moments at the Sept. 16 candidates’ debate came during an exchange with fellow GOP nomination …
By Scout Anatricia
Reader Intern
The tears in our eyes aren’t just from the smoke (thankfully gone from our skies). They are the bittersweet tears caused by the sound of …
Last week, the Confederate flag controversy reignited after Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, posted a photo of her posing next to the Confederate flag at Timber Days in Priest River. We …
By Scout Anatricia
Reader Intern
In honor of the town’s history, Priest River is holding the annual Timber Days celebration, downtown on High Street, on July 24 and 25. And …
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