BoCo commission drama reaches boiling point
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The in-fighting that has for months characterized business meetings of the Bonner County board of commissioners reached a higher pitch in the past week, with …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The in-fighting that has for months characterized business meetings of the Bonner County board of commissioners reached a higher pitch in the past week, with …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Fire bosses provided an update on the Ridge Creek blaze Aug. 16, burning on 3,124 acres 3.5 miles northeast of Hayden Lake in Kootenai County, …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
In 1995, 68 swimmers joined founder Eric Ridgway on the sandy shoreline of Dog Beach to celebrate the completion of the first-ever Long Bridge Swim. …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office publicized an investigative report and news release July 26 focused on alleged misuse of funds by late-Fairgrounds Director Darcey Smith, …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The first hour or so of the regular business meeting of the Bonner County commissioners July 25 proceeded without incident.
The Road and Bridge Department …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Last year’s concertgoers didn’t know it at the time, but they’d just attended the final show under the Festival at Sandpoint’s iconic white tent. This …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint may be the seat of Bonner County, and therefore capture the lion’s share of attention, but its little sister city Dover is every bit …
By Reader Staff
The city of Sandpoint began updating its Comprehensive Plan in 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic put the effort on hold until 2022. Now, after a three-year process, …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Civility governing interactions between the public and staff at City Hall, as well as decorum at public meetings, are at the core of a new …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
While tensions have run high at Bonner County commissioner meetings for months, that tension reached an all-time high on June 27, as Chairman Steve Bradshaw …
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