Dearly departed
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The honor roll of departed community icons is getting uncomfortably long. With the passing March 13 of Erik Daarstad, at age 87, Sandpoint has lost yet another irreplaceable personality...
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Council takes on Hwy. 2 redesign in marathon info workshop
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As promised, the Sandpoint City Council hosted an informational workshop at its regular March 15 meeting focused on the Multimodal Transportation Master Plan, with a particular emphasis on concepts...
The Reader invites public to a town hall on ‘the Couplet’
By Reader Staff The Reader is hosting an open town hall to discuss “the Couplet” concept for widening and reorienting U.S. Highway 2, which has made the news in recent weeks. The event is...
Sandpoint council to host info workshop on Hwy. 2 ‘Couplet’ concept March 15
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff City Hall will again address the potential redevelopment of a portion of U.S. Highway 2 as it moves east and west through Sandpoint, this time in an informational workshop...
BoCo commissioners vote to move forward with fairgrounds boundary line adjustment
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It was another week of procedural sparring and high-tension discussion at the regular business meeting March 7 of the Bonner County Board of Commissioners — again hovering around issues...
Work commences on Memorial Field dock improvements
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Crews with local dock builder C.E. Kramer started work Feb. 20 at the War Memorial Field waterfront, staging equipment and preparing to get underway on Phase 2 of the...
BoCo commissioners reinstate use of Zoom on split vote
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff All but one of the action items at the Feb. 21 Bonner County commissioners’ meeting drew a unanimous vote in favor. That lone split vote marked the third time...
Sandpoint City Council schedules workshop on transit plan
Reader Staff The high-profile U.S. Highway 2 redevelopment concept — often referred to as “the Couplet” — will go before the City Council as an informational workshop Wednesday, March 15, following unanimous approval of...
City Hall launches downtown design competition
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint’s downtown design competition is officially on, after City Council members voted unanimously Feb. 15 to invite eligible teams to submit their proposals. The new timeline has the competition...
Festival gun ban lawsuit returns on appeal before Idaho Supreme Court
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff An appeal of the 2021 District Court decision in favor of the city of Sandpoint and Festival at Sandpoint over the legality of a weapons ban at the summer...
