By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners confirmed a $564,108.71 payment to Avista Utilities during the Jan. 14 business meeting, following the 2023 ruling by the Idaho Supreme Court in...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff I read a story once about a woman who constantly rearranged the furniture inside her home. Every few days or so, she’d try the couch on the other side...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Idaho Supreme Court justices ruled unanimously in June 2023 that the Festival at Sandpoint had the right to ban firearms on city-owned War Memorial Field during the term of...
By Reader Staff Idaho Supreme Court Chief Justice G. Richard Bevan delivered his annual State of the Judiciary address Jan. 17, focusing on the court’s efforts to support the rule of law both in...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff We’ve been doing these retrospectives every year since 2020, and so far the ’20s have lived up to their reputation for being “roaring.” Just reading the list of big...
By Jim Jones Reader Contributor Having followed public affairs in the Gem State since 1966, I have always believed that most Idahoans are practical people who appreciate and support reasonable, pragmatic political leaders. They...
By Reader Staff Idahoans for Open Primaries, a coalition of statewide citizen and political advocacy groups, launched its signature drive for a ballot initiative that would bring ranked choice voting to Idaho with a...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Organizers behind the effort to put the Open Primaries Initiative on the 2024 ballot in Idaho applauded the decision June 27 by the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The yearslong legal controversy over the Festival at Sandpoint’s prohibition of firearms at War Memorial Field during its yearly summer concert series has ended with the Idaho Supreme Court,...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff An appeal of the 2021 District Court decision in favor of the city of Sandpoint and Festival at Sandpoint over the legality of a weapons ban at the summer...
