A mountain of news
By Zach Hagadone and Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Sandpoint experienced one of its biggest news days in decades June 1, when Denver-based snowsports goliath Alterra Mountain Company announced it had …
By Zach Hagadone and Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Sandpoint experienced one of its biggest news days in decades June 1, when Denver-based snowsports goliath Alterra Mountain Company announced it had …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
On May 9, Bonner County Assessor Grant Dorman — who took office in January — issued his resignation effective Friday, June 2 due to health …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The May 16 business meeting of the board of Bonner County commissioners proved to be another contentious chapter in the debate over a state-funded RV …
By Reader Staff
Engineers with the U.S. Forest Service and contracting officials with the Idaho Department of Lands announced April 27 that work had been completed to replace a bridge …
By Reader Staff
Following the announcement from Bonner County Assessor Grant Dorman that he would resign his office, citing health concerns, effective June 2, the Bonner County Republican Central Committee …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Bonner County voters returned a number of incumbents to office in the May 16 election for trustee positions on the East Bonner County Library and …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
During a special meeting April 27, Bonner County commissioners cast a pair of split votes reinstating a contract for survey work at the Bonner County …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Among the agenda items addressed at the April 26 meeting of the Bonner County Area Transportation Team were a number of significant developments regarding the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Planning Commission on April 18 approved a Comprehensive Plan map amendment and zone change for nearly 900 acres of property recently de-annexed …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It was a packed house April 19 at the East Bonner County Library Sandpoint Branch, as about 140 community members turned out to hear candidates …
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