Candidate Questionnaire: 2024 General Election
Compiled by Zach Hagadone, Ben Olson and Soncirey Mitchell
Publisher’s note: Before each election, the Sandpoint Reader reaches out to candidates in state and local contested races to ask questions …
Compiled by Zach Hagadone, Ben Olson and Soncirey Mitchell
Publisher’s note: Before each election, the Sandpoint Reader reaches out to candidates in state and local contested races to ask questions …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
A parking lot brawl in May between District 1 Senate candidate Dan Rose, former House 1A primary candidate Spencer Hutchings and Clark Fork resident Michael …
By Reader Staff
With Election Day only seven short weeks away, voters continue to learn as much as possible about the candidates running for office before casting their votes on …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Four months ahead of the Tuesday, Nov. 5 general election, the race for Dist. 1 Bonner County commissioner took a turn with the announcement July …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Librarians around the state have spent a tense several months preparing for House Bill 710 to take effect. The legislation, passed by lawmakers in April …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Drama followed swiftly after the May 21 primary election, when reports surfaced online of a physical altercation involving Spencer Hutchings, who had just failed to …
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 …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Republican Central Committee gathered Sept. 19 to tackle a lengthy agenda, but the item that drew the greater number of about 100 …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
On May 9, Bonner County Assessor Grant Dorman — who took office in January — issued his resignation effective Friday, June 2 due to health …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A member of the Pend Oreille Hospital District is challenging the board and Bonner General Health over their use of taxpayer dollars.
Dan Rose, who …
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