Local News Beat

• Army Corps announces day-use fees for local recreation sites
  By Reader Staff The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Oct. 27 that day-use fees will be introduced at a number ...
• What are the ballot measures for the Nov. 3 election?
  By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Early in-person voting for the Tuesday, Nov. 3 election ends at 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30 ...
• Korn’s warning on limiting public comments at BOCC meetings treads old ground
  By Ben OlsonReader Staff Bonner County Commission Chairman Ron Korn began the Oct. 27 BOCC business meeting with a warning about ...
• Planning and Zoning recommends council OK zoning updates
  Amendments would establish new commercial zones and downtown preservation By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-1 at ...
• CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE
  2026 general Election By Reader Staff Before each election, the Sandpoint Reader reaches out to candidates in contested legislative and local races ...
• ‘Affordability’ the top concern at forum
  All invited Republican candidates decline to attend By Ben OlsonReader Staff The dais was noticeably sparse at the Oct. 20 candidates’ forum ...
• PHD announces new CFO
  Board institutes AI limitations for staff By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff More than a month after a slew of resignations, the Panhandle Health ...
• Sandpoint enters into owner’s rep agreement on wastewater plant project
  By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The city of Sandpoint took an important step to move forward with the planned reconstruction of the ...

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Opinions and Columns

• Trophy hunting
  Elk season and volleyball season coalesce By Lyndsie Kiebert-CareyReader Contributor For an elk hunt to end with a harvest, a lot has ...
• Slop new world
  By Ben OlsonReader Staff For the first time in the Reader’s history, we ran the candidate questionnaire responses that we publish ...
• Mad About Science: Unexplained mysteries
  By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist We’ve spent October exploring all sorts of unexplained mysteries; and, as Halloween descends upon us, we look ...
• A few thoughts
  On the alphabet and tragic fiction By Sandy ComptonReader Columnist About 3,800 years ago, just over 1% of the time that modern ...
• The Sandpoint Eater
  She’s back! By Marcia PilgeramReader Columnist There are people who become attached to their cars, their favorite old chairs or a well-worn ...
• Backrooms is a nightmare worth having more than once
  By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The raw materials of many nightmares consist of futility — like the maddening sensation of trying to ...
• Panida hosts screening of award-winning French romance The Taste of Things
  By Reader Staff Critically acclaimed 2023 French film The Taste of Things will show in a matinee presentation Sunday, Nov. 1 ...
• Prop. 1: Time for some facts
  By Betsy Z. RussellReader Contributor In my nearly four decades covering Idaho politics, I saw lots of political mischief, mayhem and ...

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