Credit Courtesy of Kootenai County Fire District
Bond issues and school levies in Kootenai and Bonner counties were winning after early vote counts on Tuesday.
In Kootenai County, 78% of voters said yes [as of Tuesday, 10:30 pm] to a measure that would allow the county fire district to expand to accommodate growth in the county, says Fire Chief Christopher Way.
“They understand the challenges we’re facing, that we’re no longer the same fire district that we were 10 or 20 years ago. We haven’t built a new fire station since 1999. Everybody clearly understands our community is nothing like it was in 1999, he said.