Anchoring a community
BoCo museum renews lease, plans for future expansions By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff After seven years of uncertainty, the Bonner County Historical Society and Museum renewed its lease in Lakeview Park on Sept. 2. The...
Category: Builder’s Notes
Averill granted one-year permit extension for Bridge St. resort hotel project
Company rep: ‘This is the project we want to do, we just need more time to do it’ By Zach HagadoneReader Staff After years of presentations and workshops, design work, community conversation and often...
Clark Fork community discusses dangers of limited egress
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Residents in and around the Highlands and Liberty Heights developments north of Clark Fork are working to improve and add an additional egress route to the more than 88 mountainous...
City receives $650K state grant for downtown revitalization
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff As the city of Sandpoint proceeds with Phase 3 of its yearslong downtown revitalization project, which is currently in its public engagement stage, officials announced April 28 that the work...
Construction ongoing at marina adjacent to Trestle Creek
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Construction is ongoing at the Idaho Club’s 88-slip marina adjacent to the mouth of Trestle Creek, after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers temporarily halted activities Dec. 22, due to...
Travers Park Project honored with state award
By Reader Staff The overhaul of Travers Park in Sandpoint has earned statewide recognition, with the Idaho Recreation and Parks Association naming the project its 2026 Outstanding Park or Facility. Announced in an April...
Thunder’s Catch wins ‘Best New Retail Product’ at Alaska Symphony of Seafood
By Reader Staff Sandpoint-based Thunder’s Catch recently earned one of its industry’s highest accolades when it took home the Best New Retail Product award at the Symphony of Seafood, hosted each year by the...
From the first piece of steel to the last
Local man Frank Wakeley recounts helping to build the World Trade Center towers By Ben OlsonReader Staff Frank Wakeley has a claim to fame that few — if any — can equal: the longtime...
Public hearing on Deerfield Subdivision continued to Sept. 9
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners and Planning Department met Aug. 14 to discuss the preliminary plat for the proposed Deerfield Subdivision off of Baldy Mountain Road, which partially abuts...
Legislative committee on land use and housing to meet in Sandpoint
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff An interim Idaho legislative committee looking at land use and housing will meet in Sandpoint on Thursday, Aug. 14 from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall...
