By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Despite the deceptively ordinary agenda, the bulk of the Bonner County board of commissioners regular business meeting on Feb. 27 was devoted to arguing about freedom of speech and...
By Soncirey Mitchell and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Following the controversial citizen’s arrest and trespassing of county residents Dave Bowman and Rick Cramer on Jan. 26 by Luke Omodt, chair of the Bonner County...
By Nancy Foster Renk Reader Contributor We love to complain about newcomers. After all, they’re loud. They drive too fast. They think they own the place — and they probably do. They’re changing our...
By Reader Staff The May 2024 GOP primary has gained another candidate, with Brian Domke announcing he’ll run for the District 1 Bonner County commissioner seat currently held by Steve Bradshaw — who has...
By Luke Omodt, District 1 Bonner County Commissioner Reader Contributor As a retired soldier and teacher with 25 years of public service, including 15 years in a classroom and multiple overseas deployments, I didn’t have...
By Reader Staff We don’t want some of this to come true, nor do we wish to give anyone any ideas, but as is our custom, the Reader staff presents its annual list of...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The new year did not bring out a new side of the Bonner County board of commissioners, whose regular business meeting Tuesday, Jan. 2 devolved into an argument while...
By Helen Newton Reader Contributor A lawyer friend once told me that property issues were a surefire money maker for any lawyer. “Kids and dirt,” he said. “Dirt and kids.” Seldom does either side...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff As its opening salvo in Idaho politics, Reclaim Idaho successfully gathered enough signatures to place a Medicaid expansion initiative onto the 2018 ballot, which reportedly allowed for more than...
By Luke Omodt, County Commissioner Dist. 3 Reader Contributor On Oct. 30, 2023, Deputy Prosecutor Scott Bauer submitted a notice of tort claim asserting defamation against Bonner County Clerk Michael Rosedale and Bonner County...
