By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Amid rising global prices, the Bonner County Board of Commissioners has spent the past several months working with county department heads to tighten the purse strings while crafting the Fiscal...
By Molly O’ReillyReader Contributor A local political candidate is promising to eliminate property taxes. As the old saying goes, “If it sounds too good to be true — beware!” Is it voodoo economics? For...
By Rep. John GannonReader Contributor Idaho’s sales and property tax giveaways to Big Data centers — combined with their possible impact on utility costs — may become the largest subsidy since the 19th-century railroads....
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners confirmed a $564,108.71 payment to Avista Utilities during the Jan. 14 business meeting, following the 2023 ruling by the Idaho Supreme Court in...
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Dover Reader Contributor Last week the Reader ran an article about the Highway 95 reroute project. We learned the Idaho Transportation Department was abandoning its exploratory work on moving the...
By Michael Rosedale Reader Contributor Editor’s note: The Reader has been hearing from property owners across Bonner County that they saw exorbitant increases to their property taxes during the last billing cycle. Bonner County...
By Mike Gearlds Reader Contributor For reasons best explained by them, Idaho legislators again failed to pass property tax relief or reform measures in the past session. They roused from their torpor just long...
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle Special to the Reader As Americans, we have a long history of placing high value on education. Thomas Jefferson spoke and wrote to great lengths about the importance of...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners will hold a public hearing Friday to consider business property tax exemptions for four local businesses. The four businesses set to be discussed are construction company...
