City response to county gun suit
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The city of Sandpoint has submitted its response to a lawsuit filed by Bonner County over the prohibition of firearms at the Festival at Sandpoint. According to the 11-page...
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County music festival committee to form ‘backup plan’ in case of Festival closure
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 “determine whether it would...
County serves city in Festival gun suit
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s official. Bonner County filed a complaint Sept. 18 in District Court against the city of Sandpoint, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief in the matter of the firearms prohibition...
Lawyering up
By Zach Hagadone and Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff It has been more than two weeks since Bonner County commissioners voted to proceed with legal action against the city of Sandpoint over the Festival at Sandpoint’s...
County votes to proceed with suit vs. city over Festival gun-ban
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 weapons ban. “The Festival doesn’t...
11 Mile and Wrenco dump sites to close
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Bonner County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to close both the 11 Mile and Wrenco waste collection sites, but not without tense discussion regarding public involvement leading up...
County delays call for EMS proposals
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Commissioners are putting the brakes on restructuring the county’s Emergency Management Services. Since news broke in December that the BOCC was considering a major shift in EMS...
BOCC appoints Solid Waste Advisory Committee
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 solidified Tuesday. According to...
BOCC passes resolution on gun rights
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday that states their opposition to any law restricting the Second Amendment. The resolution, placed on the agenda at the request of...
BOCC updates EMS advisory board resolution
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to update the resolution which establishes an Emergency Management Services advisory committee. The use of a reinvigorated EMS advisory committee has been a...
