Ollerton steps down as BoCo Planning Director
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
When Bonner County commissioners voted May 24 to approve a request from the human resources department to recruit for three positions, one in particular signaled …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
When Bonner County commissioners voted May 24 to approve a request from the human resources department to recruit for three positions, one in particular signaled …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The Board of Bonner County Commissioners voted unanimously Jan. 12 to do away with the county’s current Planning and Zoning Commission in favor of a …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Since the Bonner County Planning Department solicited comments on the county’s shoreline code in November 2020, the issue had seemingly disappeared from the larger local …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission voted Jan. 7 to recommend proposed changes to Title 12 mining code to the board of county commissioners, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Board of Bonner County Commissioners voted unanimously Dec. 18 to amend county code regarding commercial and residential recreational vehicle use. However, the residential portion …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners denied a request Dec. 3 from the county’s Planning and Zoning Commission to continue workshopping a portion of county code pertaining to …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously Nov. 21 to approve part of a land use code change regarding recreational vehicles — and …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
County commissioners upheld approval of a conditional use permit for an asphalt batch plant at a reconsideration hearing Friday.
The applicants, Interstate Concrete & Asphalt, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to hold a reconsideration hearing regarding the asphalt batch plant slated for the Linscott gravel pit in Sagle.
The …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
County commissioners put the brakes on proposed changes to county subdivisions after three hours of deliberation and public comment last Thursday.
A hotly contested proposal …
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