2024 Year in Review
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
We’ve been publishing the “Year in Review” for a while now, and every installment seems to get bigger and bigger. Maybe that’s because there’s always …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
We’ve been publishing the “Year in Review” for a while now, and every installment seems to get bigger and bigger. Maybe that’s because there’s always …
By Ryan Suppe
IdahoEdNews.org
Former West Bonner School District Superintendent Branden Durst has sued the district over the board of trustees’ termination of his contract last fall.
Durst appeared to …
By Darrell Ehrlick
Daily Montanan
A prediction, several years in the making, came true on April 8 when an alliance of nearly a dozen conservation groups filed suit against the …
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 …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Five conservation groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol over the agencies’ decision to move forward with a road …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Court documents show that Bonner County has filed a motion to stay its lawsuit against the city of Sandpoint, which challenges the legality of The …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Two citizen groups have filed a lawsuit in regard to the sale of land from Pend Oreille County and the Pend Oreille Public Utility District …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office is facing a lawsuit from the widow of a man fatally shot by deputies last year.
The Idaho Statesman reports …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A simple timber cutting mistake worth $1,600 has escalated to leave a Sagle man on the hook for nearly $200,000.
In a legal opinion, Idaho …
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