What’s on the May 20 ballot, and what’s not
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Bonner County voters have an election to participate in on Tuesday, May 20, but not everyone will have something on the ballot. In fact, it may be confusing for...
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Rep. Simpson parts ways with Idaho delegation in supporting bill to block privatizing public lands
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As the Trump administration and its congressional allies continue to push for privatizing public lands, Idaho Republican Rep. Mike Simpson has bucked the White House, his party and the...
Western leaders call on Trump administration and Congress to protect public lands
By Reader Staff Elected officials from Idaho and nine other Western states joined the nonprofit The Mountain Pact to send a letter to the Trump Administration and Congress on March 26 calling for a...
New Census data shows in-migration drove 1.5% population increase statewide
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Bonner County was among the 12 counties in Idaho to outpace the state’s overall growth rate of 1.5% last year, adding 1,246 residents between July 2023 and July 2024...
Army Corps announces spring refill, shares gate replacement progress
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began the gradual spring refill of Lake Pend Oreille on April 1 and plan to manage the 2025 summer lake levels within the...
Dist. 1 lawmakers Sauter, Woodward attend Sandpoint town hall
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Idaho District 1 Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint, and Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle, gathered with constituents March 15 for what may be the last local town hall of the 2025...
Idaho journalism ‘shield law’ clears Senate committee
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A bill protecting Idaho journalists from being forced to divulge confidential source material is one step closer to Gov. Brad Little’s desk, after members of the Senate Judiciary and...
Dist. 1 legislators to host final town halls of 2025 session
By Reader Staff Members of the Idaho District 1 legislative delegation will host their final town hall of the 2025 Idaho Legislature on Friday, March 15, with events in Bonners Ferry, Sandpoint and Priest...
2025 swim instructors and assistants needed
By Reader Staff The Pend Oreille Rowing and Paddling Association and Long Bridge Swim Association are providing free swim and water safety lessons for the third year this summer at Riley Creek Recreation Area....
ITD announces changes to U.S. 95 project, moves design into ‘proposed action’ phase
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Idaho Transportation Department has again revised its plan for rebuilding a six-mile corridor of U.S. Highway 95 from Dufort Road to Lakeshore Drive, which marks a finalized “preferred...
