Highlights from a year on the BOCC
By Luke Omodt, District 1 Bonner County Commissioner
Reader Contributor
As a retired soldier and teacher with 25 years of public service, including 15 years in a classroom and multiple …
By Luke Omodt, District 1 Bonner County Commissioner
Reader Contributor
As a retired soldier and teacher with 25 years of public service, including 15 years in a classroom and multiple …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Citizen groups opposed to the Newport, Wash., silicon smelter have announced they will appeal to the Washington Supreme Court in a case against the Pend …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
PacWest Silicon, the Canadian company hoping to build a smelter in Newport, Wash., has broken its prolonged silence with a letter to Washington Gov. Jay …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Board of County Commissioners in Pend Oreille County, Wash., denied a Comprehensive Plan amendment Dec. 9 that would have expanded uses on parcels zoned …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Legal wrangling over the controversial silicon smelter plant proposed in Newport, Wash. is entering another phase, as opponents filed an appeal July 24 with the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Pend Oreille County Commissioners held a public hearing Wednesday evening at Newport High School to hear comments on four proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments, one of …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Two leading organizations in opposition to the proposed Newport smelter are calling for the recusal of a Pend Oreille County commissioner on any decision related …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Two citizen groups have filed a lawsuit in regard to the sale of land from Pend Oreille County and the Pend Oreille Public Utility District …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
The bleachers were full in Newport High School’s gym Wednesday night as representatives from HiTest Sand gave a presentation and took questions regarding the …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Newport-area residents are mobilizing for a fight over a proposed silicon smelter, which they believe was sprung on them without any public engagement.
At packed …
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