Planning commission recommends setback changes
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission voted at a hearing June 4 to recommend changes to Title 12. The proposed amendments, which will have to be approved by...
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Reclaim Idaho files suit to allow continued signature gathering
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Reclaim Idaho announced June 8 that the grassroots organization has filed a federal lawsuit against Idaho Gov. Brad Little and Secretary of State Lawerence Denney arguing that they violated...
Community spread confirmed in Bonner County
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Panhandle Health District confirmed community spread of the novel coronavirus in Bonner County on June 4, and had detected seven cases of COVID-19 in Bonner County as of...
Local BLM organizers demand change, issue statement on militias at marches
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Local organizers with the Black Lives Matter movement have issued a list of “demands and recommendations” to Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad, the Sandpoint City Council and Lake Pend Oreille...
City moving forward on Parks and Rec. Master Plan
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The city of Sandpoint is nearing the finish line in putting into place its Parks and Recreation Master Plan, devoting a substantial period of its City Council meeting June...
Wine, women and wicked ninja skills
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County is seeing an influx of ninja activity. These ninjas do not practice mixed martial arts, but are instead known to carry mixed bags of drinks and snacks....
Panida opens its doors to Bozeman Film Festival of Shorts
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Panida Theater has been dark for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, but the marquee will again light up for the first event in more than two months...
An underground mystery
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When Heather Upton, interim director of the Bonner County History Museum, received a tip that secret rooms had been uncovered beneath the Abbott Building on First Avenue in Sandpoint,...
Heart in a handbasket
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Sharon Gunter’s booth at the Farmers’ Market at Sandpoint is usually a bright, colorful landmark at the main entrance to Farmin Park. Between the selection of tie-dyed apparel; painted...
On the lake: a column about lake issues by the Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper
By Travis Dickson Reader Contributor Hello Sandpoint! My name is Travis Dickson and I am proud to be the new associate director with Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper. Right now you may be asking yourself,...
