Local results for the 2024 May primary
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Idahoans around the state went to the polls May 21 to select candidates who will appear in the November general election. The primary in District …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Idahoans around the state went to the polls May 21 to select candidates who will appear in the November general election. The primary in District …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Voting in the 2024 primary election will take place in person at the polls from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21, though …
By Soncirey Mitchell and Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Candidates for District 1 and District 3 Bonner County commissioner seats joined contenders for Bonner County sheriff at a community forum April …
Compiled by Zach Hagadone and Soncirey Mitchell
Publisher’s note: Before each election, the Sandpoint Reader reaches out to candidates in contested races to ask questions about how they would represent …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Perhaps it’s fitting that a holiday commemorating the commencement of a world-historical conflict should generate controversy. So it has been with Sandpoint’s traditional Fourth of …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The 2021 Sandpoint Fourth of July will occur under the auspices of the Lions Club, as it has done — with one interruption, in 2020 …
By McCalee Cain
Reader Intern
After years of work, the North Idaho High School Aerospace Program’s (NIHSAP) aspirations literally took flight. Saturday marked the maiden voyage of the student-built vessel, …
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