YEAR IN REVIEW: 2023
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
We’ve been doing these retrospectives every year since 2020, and so far the ’20s have lived up to their reputation for being “roaring.” Just reading …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
We’ve been doing these retrospectives every year since 2020, and so far the ’20s have lived up to their reputation for being “roaring.” Just reading …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Bonner County voters returned a number of incumbents to office in the May 16 election for trustee positions on the East Bonner County Library and …
By Reader Staff
The ballot for the Tuesday, May 16 election will ask Bonner County voters to weigh in on candidates for trustee positions on the East Bonner County Library …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Amid the many claims and counterclaims regarding library materials considered “obscene” or otherwise “harmful” to minors — which have roiled controversy at the federal, state …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It was a packed house April 19 at the East Bonner County Library Sandpoint Branch, as about 140 community members turned out to hear candidates …
Reader Staff
Incumbent East Bonner County Library Trustee Susan Shea has announced plans to seek reelection in the May 2023 election.
Shea was elected to the Library Board of Trustees …
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