Council mulls changes to public forum policies
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Anyone who has kept tabs on the proceedings of the Sandpoint City Council over the past month or so has noticed that the routine business of the city has...
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War Memorial Field turf installed, project now in phase 2
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff About a year after the massive overhaul of War Memorial Field first started making headlines, the project — including the installation of artificial turf in place of natural grass...
‘We’re all in this together’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Citing the global coronavirus pandemic that has forced the closure of countless businesses and public gatherings, Festival at Sandpoint organizers announced May 4 that there would be no 2020...
(Almost) open for business
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Governor Brad Little will hold a press conference Thursday, April 30 at 11 a.m. Mountain Time to share protocol for Stage 1 of his Idaho Rebounds plan — a...
Future of Lost in the ’50s in limbo
Reader Staff A post in the Sandpoint Local Forum Facebook group on March 11 created a firestorm of concern over the future of the annual Sandpoint event Lost in the ’50s. The post claimed...
In Italy, they bang on pots and pans to show solidarity. Let’s do the same here in Sandpoint
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The human spirit is a resilient, powerful thing. As more and more of us are coming to grips with what may be a long period of uncertainty and economic...
Local restaurants, pubs feeling effects of coronavirus ‘cancel culture’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Restaurants and bars in Sandpoint are facing a stark new reality under the new guidelines recently issued by the Trump administration to help stop the spread of the novel...
First coronavirus case reported in Idaho
By Ben Olson Reader Staff *Updated 3:50 p.m. Gov. Brad Little announced Friday at 3 p.m. that Idaho had reported its first positive test results for the coronavirus. Gov. Little is expected to give...
City opening bids for Memorial Field project
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff While the project to remake War Memorial Field has been a local conversation point for months, it hasn’t yet made the leap from the drawing board into reality. The...
City, contractor to host public info session on renewed downtown street construction
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s almost the beginning of construction season in Sandpoint, and that means work on Phase II of the Downtown Revitalization Project is about to ramp up once more. Contractor...
