Sandpoint takes down lifeguard stands at City Beach
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
City Hall has been debating what to do about Sandpoint’s moribund City Beach lifeguard program since at least the spring of 2023, when officials sounded …
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Sandpoint council approves proposed reduction to city’s area of impact
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Members of the Sandpoint City Council voted May 7 to approve a proposed adjustment to the city’s area of impact, reducing it from the current …
Public recycling bins set to debut
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint City Councilor Pam Duquette is preparing to roll out a pilot project providing a dozen recycling bins to locations ranging from City Beach to …
City Hall begins process for Phase 3 of downtown revitalization
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The third phase of a long-running downtown revitalization project is entering its beginning stages, with Sandpoint Construction Manager Erik Bush and Public Works Director Holly …
City advances plan to reconstruct downtown parking lot
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint Mayor Jeremy Grimm cast a tiebreaking vote at the Feb. 19 meeting of the Sandpoint City Council, advancing the preliminary design for a reconstructed …
2024 Year in Review
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
We’ve been publishing the “Year in Review” for a while now, and every installment seems to get bigger and bigger. Maybe that’s because there’s always …
Sandpoint City Council nixes giving employees free JER Sports Center memberships
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Members of the Sandpoint City Council backed away from a proposed resolution that would have given city employees free memberships to the James E. Russell …
City Council OK’s grant application for Travers Park pump track
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Mayor Jeremy Grimm broke a 3-3 tie at the Sept. 18 meeting of the Sandpoint City Council, giving the greenlight for staff to submit a …
Sandpoint council adopts ballot language for 25-year, 1% local option tax
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When Sandpoint voters go to the polls in November, they’ll be asked whether they support levying a 1% local option tax on their purchases — …
Council preview
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
While the agenda for the Wednesday, July 3 meeting of the Sandpoint City Council contains no new business, it does feature a number of items …
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Live Music, the Summer Sampler, the Art Party, Monarch Grind, the Sandpoint Renaissance Faire, and more! See the full list of events in the 