My brain is shrinking; is yours?
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Whether you’re reading the news, writing the news, watching the news or surviving the events that make up the news, it’s currently impossible to live a stress-free life. That’s the...
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County passes 2027 EMS budget
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Bonner County Board of Commissioners, serving as the Ambulance Service District Board, voted unanimously Aug. 19 to pass the taxing district’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget of $5,994,937. BCASD will...
Structural faults found in Priest River’s Merritt Bridge
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Bonner County Board of Commissioners declared an emergency loss of access for Merritt Bridge in Priest River on Aug. 11, following the discovery of “a significant infrastructure failure” in...
School district refutes accusations by LPOHS Coalition
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Following a tumultuous July meeting, the Lake Pend Oreille School District Board of Trustees held its monthly meeting Aug. 11, where Superintendent Becky Meyer presented legal findings refuting allegations made...
Commissioners elect Audra Savage to final Fair Board seat
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Bonner County Board of Commissioners voted Aug. 4 to elect area homesteader Audra Savage to the Fair Board, following the resignation of Quentin Ducken earlier this year. Savage will...
Zoning Commission recommends denial of Ellisport Bay rezone
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...
Dark History: Murders rock the Priest River Italian community
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The July 23 edition of the Reader republished a Northern Idaho News story from June 25, 1912, announcing the arrest of Joseph Caprai for the murder of one Charles Falcone,...
Mad about Science: Tuberculosis
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Editor’s note: Regular “Mad About Science” columnist Brenden Bobby is on a well-deserved vacation. He’ll be back next week. Tuberculosis is a disease that, to most, feels historic. It was...
City puts pause on paid downtown parking program to address ordinance changes
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff After nearly a month of community furor surrounding the city of Sandpoint’s rollout of a paid parking program in the downtown core and select publicly-owned parking lots on July 1,...
Zoning Commission to discuss zone change in Ellisport Bay area
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Bonner County Zoning Commission will meet Thursday, July 23 at 5:30 p.m. to consider a request from Stonehedge Partners, LLC, to rezone more than nine acres along Ellisport Bay...
