Slate of 2024 primary candidates finalized
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Tuesday, May 21 primary will feature a crowded field of candidates, after the filing period to run for office closed March 15 and revealed contested races up and...
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BOCC meeting raises concerns over county cybersecurity
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Hostilities between the Bonner County board of commissioners and the offices of the sheriff, prosecutor and coroner temporarily deescalated during the regular business meeting March 19, after Prosecutor Louis...
Sandpoint P&Z recommends approval of fairgrounds lot subdivision
By Zach Hagadone and Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Local government watchers enjoyed a double-header on March 5, as both the Bonner County board of commissioners and Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission took up the...
BOCC weekly business meeting overshadowed by flurry of legal filings
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...
Bonner County resident trespassed again from commissioner meetings
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...
BOCC civil protection order clarified after five months
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners reached an unprecedented level of dysfunction in August of 2023, when Commissioner Steve Bradshaw allegedly made a verbal threat against fellow-Commissioner Asia Williams,...
Local officials respond to trespassing of citizens from BOCC meetings
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff More high drama was on display at the Bonner County administration building over the past week, with the trespassing of two individuals from county commissioners’ business meetings citing “threats,”...
BoCo Sheriff Wheeler announces GOP primary bid for fifth term
By Reader Staff Bonner County Sheriff Daryl Wheeler announced Jan. 15 that he would seek a fifth term, signaling his intent to vye for the Republican nomination in the May 21 primary. According to...
County solicits bids for controversial fairgrounds RV park expansion
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The board of Bonner County commissioners voted May 30 to move forward with soliciting bids for construction of an RV campground on a parcel between the fairgrounds and sheriff’s...
BoCo commissioners will hear from Fair Board on preferred RV park location
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The April 4 meeting of the Bonner County Commissioners, which lasted a remarkable four hours prior to executive session, saw two split votes on matters related to the proposed...
