Bonner County, Idaho

215 S 1st Ave
Sandpoint, ID 83864
Phone: (208) 265-1432
Fax: (208) 265-1447
www.co.bonner.id.us

In the north of the ID panhandle, northeast of Spokane, WA; organized Feb 21, 1907 from Kootenai County. Name Origin: For Edwin L. Bonner, an early settler of northern ID who operated a ferry on the Kootenai River

Area (sq mi):: 1919.59 (land 1737.67; water 181.92) Population per square mile: 23.50
Population 2005: 40,908 State rank: 8 Population change: 2000-20005 11.10%; 1990-2000 38.40% Population 2000: 36,835 (White 95.60%; Black or African American 0.10%; Hispanic or Latino 1.60%; Asian 0.30%; Other 3.00%). Foreign born: 2.00%. Median age: 40.80
Income 2000: per capita $17,263; median household $32,803; Population below poverty level: 15.50% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $20,362-$21,764
Unemployment (2004): 5.90% Unemployment change (from 2000): -2.20% Median travel time to work: 25.50 minutes Working outside county of residence: 16.70%

Cities with population over 10,000: None

See other counties in Idaho.

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Since the Bonner County Branch opened in 2009, the credit union's share of Idaho members has grown from 4 percent to 15 percent.

Washington credit union acquires assets of North Idaho Banner Bank branch

of Spokane, Washington Amount: $5,549,000 Project: Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Bonner County, Idaho Owner: Idaho Department of Transportation Cost estimate: $4,000,000 $,000,000 Project team: not available 4.

A roundup of top bidders for Feb. 2, 2018

Remarkably, found among the throng of protesters was Bonner County Sheriff Daryl Wheeler.

Sheriffs: the key to local control: county sheriffs backed by informed citizens are a crucial barrier to a national police state

The Sacketts own a residential lot in Bonner County, Idaho, near Priest Lake.

Sackett: a victory, but not a solution: Supreme Court rules on important Clean Water Act case

Front office: At Hagadone's Pend Oreille Printers in Sandpoint, Idaho (Bonner County Daily Bee, Bonners Ferry Herald, Priest River Times, et al.), Sheri Jones has been named business manager; previously, she was in charge of systems installation for the company's parent, a job she'd held for three years.

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Attorney Wendy Olson names Federal Resources Corp., which mined two locations in Bonner County and an additional location in Blaine County between from the 1950s through the 1970s.

U.S. Attorney sues mining company for $7.4 million to recoup cleanup costs

SANDPOINT, Idaho - A former Bonner County Sheriff's deputy fired after his Taser shocked his 4-year-old son has filed a tort claim against the county contending he was wrongfully terminated.

Crime

Albeni Falls Dam, a power-generating facility in Bonner County, Idaho, is one of those facilities that used a code-call system, but staff realized a replacement solution was needed when one of the facility's main pieces of equipment failed and workers were not able to respond in time to fix the equipment.

Wireless replaces code-call system: Dam puts phones in the hands of employees to improve productivity and safety

After nearly a month of daily spring rains, the clouds cleared and sunlight spread across the region as club members drove some 25 vintage farm tractors down rural roads in Bonner County.

First-ever Ride in the Valley gives new Idaho club a boost

David Keyes was just about to turn in his 2003 annual budget last week for the Bonner County Daily Bee, a 4,701-daily-circulation newspaper in Sandpoint, Idaho, when his secretary slipped him a message that made him blanch: Sandpoint's Kmart was among the 326 stores chosen to close as part of the retailer's plan to exit bankruptcy.

Broadening the ad base No. 1 on many agendas

After the mother's arrest, Bonner County sheriff's deputies returned to the home to take the children into state custody.

Children recover in hospital after five-day siege