By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Bonner County Board of Commissioners will meet Thursday, Oct. 1 to discuss a conditional use permit application to expand the existing Long Bridge Marina. The public hearing comes after...
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Bonner County Zoning Commission met for a grueling seven-and-a-half-hour meeting July 23 to discuss, among other topics, the proposed rezone of a 15.6-acre property along Ellisport Bay from Rural-5...
By Phil Hough Reader Contributor On Sept. 3, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Wilderness Act, preserving 54 areas as wilderness, totaling 9.1 million acres in 13 states. More importantly, it envisioned additional...
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint Reader Contributor Idaho Gov. Brad Little flew into our area Aug. 29 for a “Capitol for a Day” event in Priest River. Before and after the Priest River event,...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It will be another summer season without lifeguards manning the stands at City Beach, with officials citing “the demographic and shifting employment environment over the last few years.” That...
By Reader Staff The percentage of unemployed Idahoans stayed steady in December 2023 at 3.3% — a figure carried over from November with a number of trends canceling each other out. While overall employment...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners adopted updates to two sections of the county’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan on Dec. 7, marking the latest in the extensive process to amend the guiding...
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor This week is a big one for the future of the Little Sand Creek Watershed. Recreation in the watershed has been a long time coming. Historically, the city...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Lake Pend Oreille is projected to reach summer pool next week, according to data from the Northwest River Forecast Center. Summer pool — or the level at which the...
