By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
In the first weekly business meeting featuring all three members of the newly configured board, Bonner County commissioners approved a slate of department requests, elected …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously Dec. 21 to adopt updates to the Bonner County Comprehensive Plan’s Goals, Objectives and Policies document while facing concerns about …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Christmas brings to mind the iconic imagery of Santa’s workshop.
It’s been depicted many ways over the years, but the basis remains the same: There …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
As the Sandpoint Police Department continues to investigate “the potential misuse of public funds” at the Bonner County Fairgrounds on the part of late-Fair Director …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Everyone knows about the prognosticating powers of the groundhog, recognized each February when Punxutawney Phil does or does not see his shadow, indicating the remaining …
By Zach Hagadone and Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Midterms often draw fewer voters than presidential elections, but a few big-ticket ballot items brought citizens to the polls in unusual numbers.…
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
For 25 years, Kinderhaven served as a physical haven, sheltering local kids in need as they outnumbered available foster homes. That changed in May, when …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
I’m a dog person.
Most people can make assertions about what kind of person that makes me, and they’d likely be right. I am outgoing, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
I nearly failed hunter’s ed.
At least, that’s what it felt like at the time, as a 9-year-old girl who accidentally let her finger slide …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
A minor land division applied for by the Bonner County planning director saw major modification on Sept. 21, with county commissioners approving a change from …
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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