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By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint
Reader Contributor
Later this week, Lt. Gov. Scott Bedke will be in town to talk with our students and school staff about the Idaho Launch …
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint
Reader Contributor
Later this week, Lt. Gov. Scott Bedke will be in town to talk with our students and school staff about the Idaho Launch …
By Darren Svan
Idaho Education News
The West Bonner School District gained positive traction Oct. 30 with two milestones: Trustees hired an experienced interim superintendent and filled two board vacancies.…
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Voters will head to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 7 for a range of city, school trustee and other district offices.
Six candidates are running for …
By Jim Jones
Reader Contributor
Having followed public affairs in the Gem State since 1966, I have always believed that most Idahoans are practical people who appreciate and support reasonable, …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
A season of high drama in the West Bonner County School District is moving into a new phase Thursday, Sept. 7, when the Bonner County …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The sound and fury surrounding West Bonner School District’s selection of Branden Durst to serve as its latest superintendent will continue, after trustees opened and …
By Reader Staff
It has been almost 100 years — exactly — since the Rex Theater opened its doors in 1923 in the historic Beardmore Block of Priest River. In …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
From spaghetti sauce to hummus, garlic has a way of taking culinary creations to the next level. Even better? Knowing that garlic came straight from …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Nothing says North Idaho like an off-grid hootenanny celebrating music and community. Even better if it happens every year, and Billy Mullaley has accomplished just …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Educators in West Bonner County School District are hoping the second time is the charm for a $3 million-per-year supplemental levy.
The levy proposal, which …
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