BoCo RV campground expansion spurs debate
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners tabled a decision July 26 to accept grant funding from the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation for an extension of the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners tabled a decision July 26 to accept grant funding from the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation for an extension of the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County government will see several new faces come January, as the May 17 primary poised three Republicans for uncontested November races for commissioner in …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners voted April 20 to postpone a hearing on reconsideration of a 700-acre zone change in the Selle Valley, leaving the matter undecided …
By Reader Staff
Ahead of the Tuesday, May 17 primary election, the Reader is presenting a limited series of election guides featuring questions and answers with candidates for a range …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously March 22 in favor of scheduling a reconsideration hearing for a 700-acre zone change in the Selle Valley, which had …
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As the Bonner County v. City of Sandpoint weapons ban lawsuit enters its fifth month, tensions have steadily increased, boiling over when …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners passed a resolution Oct. 15 to form the Music Festival Feasibility Study Committee — a group meant to conduct a study to …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Bonner County swearing-in ceremony Monday brought new faces to county positions, and also marked the last official county business for Commissioner Glen Bailey.
Bailey …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County has shortened hours of operation and set a date for the temporary closure of the 11 Mile waste collection site.
Director of Solid …
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