‘You vote for your district’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
District 1 Idaho lawmakers Jim Woodward and Mark Sauter hosted an end-of-session wrap-up and town hall May 3 at the Sandpoint Community Hall.
Dubbed the …
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Army Corps will close Springy Point campground due to ‘limited staff’
By Reader Staff
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials announced the closure of Springy Point Recreation Area on April 29, as well as reduced services at several other USACE-managed facilities …
Panhandle Health District to host meeting on clinical services
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The Panhandle Health District Board of Health met April 17 to discuss the logistics of its upcoming “strategic planning meeting,” which will be a public …
Priest River Watershed Group prepares for dry year, hosts steering committee meeting
By Reader Staff
The Priest River Watershed Group will host a steering committee meeting Thursday, May 1, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Priest River branch of the West Bonner County …
BOCC cures Open Meeting Law violation, strikes then reinstitutes moratorium on MLDs
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Nearly a month after the Bonner County board of commissioners approved an 182-day moratorium on all minor land divisions and family exemptions, the board held …
‘Farmin Flats’ development — now doubled in size — will have to undergo name change
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The proposed Farmin Flats multi-family apartment project on Church Street will have to change its name, after members of the Farmin family — which is …
Sandpoint P&Z reviews draft parking management plan
By Zach Hagadon
Reader Staff
Proposed changes to parking management in downtown Sandpoint again went before members of the Planning and Zoning Commission at their April 15 meeting, where Community …
Bonner County Ambulance Service District raises user fees
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The Bonner County board of commissioners, which serves as the Ambulance Service District Board, voted April 9 to raise and add fees for emergency services …
Sandpoint’s ‘signal fire’
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Demonstrators filled downtown Sandpoint on Saturday, April 5, carrying hundreds of colorful signs protesting the Trump administration’s recent mass federal layoffs and funding cuts to …
Plea amended to guilty of second-degree arson in July 4 Army Surplus fire
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Sandpoint woman charged with setting a fire on July 4, 2024 that leveled the Army Surplus 1 store on Fifth Avenue and Oak Street …
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