By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff County commissioners will reconsider the wording of the Scotchman Peaks advisory vote — slated for the May 15 primary ballot — at their Tuesday business meeting. The meeting’s agenda,...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Idaho Senate Education Committee voted Feb. 22 to approve proposed science standards in full, despite the House committee’s request to remove parts of the standards that mentioned climate...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff There were more questions than answers at Wednesday night’s Newport smelter panel discussion. Local and statewide experts took the Panida stage to shed some light on the proposed silicon...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff BNSF Railway has filed its application with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a second rail bridge across Lake Pend Oreille. The long-discussed project, which BNSF Railway has...
By Reader Staff Each year the Bonner County Human Rights Task Force (BCHRTF) seeks to fund projects and programs that support its stated mission; to affirm the American principles and ideals of the inviolable...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Does the city stay, or should it go? That’s the central question council members face as they ponder a proposed expansion to the wastewater treatment plant. While a move...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer Bonner County commissioners voted 3-0 Tuesday to adopt the Natural Resource Plan after four years of writing, workshopping and public debate. The plan, drafted by a commissioner-appointed committee,...
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Ben Olson Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted Tuesday to approve an advisory vote question for the May 15 primary ballot. The advisory vote will ask whether the voter supports or...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Do you know a woman who is a terrific community contributor, generous volunteer and role model? If so, it’s time to give her the much-deserved recognition she deserves. Women...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer The Idaho Senate Education Committee addressed proposed science standards Wednesday afternoon, marking the latest in the controversy of minimizing climate change in required Idaho curriculum. The House Education...
