Bits ‘n’ Pieces – April 23, 2020
By Lorraine H. Marie
Reader Columnist
East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact, which COVID-19 has illustrated so well. A recent sampling, with …
By Lorraine H. Marie
Reader Columnist
East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact, which COVID-19 has illustrated so well. A recent sampling, with …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
An upcoming hearing in The Festival at Sandpoint weapons ban lawsuit is seeing a new date, as legal counsel for the city accepted Bonner County’s …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners unanimously awarded a bid Tuesday, March 10 to Weekend Hoe Excavation and Hauling, the company slated to demolish and replace the boat …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation and Bonneville Power Administration have released a draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Columbia River System …
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 Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint City Council members voted March 5 to submit a letter to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, asking the regulatory body to host a public …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Bonner County voters cast 6,053 ballots in the March 10 presidential primary election, nominating Former Vice President Joe Biden to be the Democratic standard bearer …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
While the project to remake War Memorial Field has been a local conversation point for months, it hasn’t yet made the leap from the drawing …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Education funding
The powerful Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee unanimously approved a budget for Idaho public schools March 3, amounting to $1.977 billion in fiscal year 2021 …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The May 19 primary election, in which locals will vote on Bonner County and state offices, has started to draw official filings for both Bonner …
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