Facts support public access claims at Camp Bay
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
The fate of public access to Camp Bay is once again in the hands of the Bonner County Board of Commissioners.
A district judge has …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
The fate of public access to Camp Bay is once again in the hands of the Bonner County Board of Commissioners.
A district judge has …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
One overarching theme that has emerged from land use decisions by the Bonner County Board of Commissioners is the assertion that the 2008 zoning designations …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The ongoing battle over 50 feet of Lake Pend Oreille shoreline at the end of Camp Bay Road on the Sagle peninsula has gained the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The board of Bonner County commissioners unanimously denied an application to vacate a 2,550-foot section of Camp Bay Road before a packed audience Feb. 16, …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
Whether 50 feet of shoreline in Camp Bay stays open to the public is scheduled to be decided by the Bonner County commissioners on Wednesday, …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
The city of Ponderay announced Dec. 22 plans to use local option tax revenue to purchase waterfront property, expanding public access to Lake Pend Oreille.…
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
Skip Lassen and Jenny Post, like many rural North Idaho residents, found their dream homes in the woods, miles from town.
Lassen’s home is off …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
The “Zoom boom” economy has exploded in Bonner County — one of many western outdoorsy communities getting flooded with “amenity migrants” seeking a better and, …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
When I woke up the morning of Aug. 20, it was out of a dream that was almost comical. The protagonist of the story in …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
In March, as COVID-19 began taking its toll on the United States, fears of contracting the virus kept the usual donors away from blood centers …
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