By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The turnout for the Bonner County Democratic caucus surpassed expectations, drawing nearly 1,000 to the Bonner County Fairgrounds. With 13 state delegates to sort out between Bernie Sanders and...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners placed limits on the county planning commission’s authority this week, restricting the time frame and scope of its decision-making. The latest in a feud between county...
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 and property regulations were...
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 and his fellow commissioners...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Who would’ve thought a simple county designator code on a license plate could become a right of passage for locals across the state? In 1945, Idaho began using the...
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 hopeful Ben Carson. When...
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 books opening and school...
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 asked two of our...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff In its 43rd season, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks (MSIP) now features Sandpoint on its impressive list of performance stops. For the past 20 years, the closest we could...
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 there’s even more reason...
