BoCo commissioners spar over fairgrounds rezone
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 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 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 Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Weeks of controversy have roiled the West Bonner County School District, as its trustees have hosted a number of charged public board meetings related to …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
One of the best parts of being a journalist — especially being a journalist for a really long time — is that you end up …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
There’s a green thumb hard at work in the Sandpoint library’s garden.
Hired this spring to take the community space to the next level and …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The May 16 business meeting of the board of Bonner County commissioners proved to be another contentious chapter in the debate over a state-funded RV …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
All but one of the action items at the Feb. 21 Bonner County commissioners’ meeting drew a unanimous vote in favor. That lone split vote …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The word “paradise” is often tossed around to describe towns like Sandpoint. But scratch beneath the surface in resort towns across the West and evidence …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
When it comes to bureaucratic battles, little else inspires the masses to assemble quite like a land use issue.
One slated to come before the …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
No matter what state the economy is in, it should always be a priority to keep the people fed. That’s the mission of the Bonner …
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