USFS launches work on Pack River Road
By Reader Staff The U.S. Forest Service began repair work Oct. 18 on Pack River Road 231. The road is in the Upper Pack River area east of Sandpoint. While most delays are expected...
Category: News in Brief
County to take up anti-mandate resolution Oct. 22
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Nearly two months after it was introduced to the Bonner County Board of Commissioners, Commissioner Steve Bradshaw’s anti-mandate resolution — declaring Bonner County a “Constitutional County” and renouncing COVID-19...
JFAC doesn’t take up McGeachin’s supplemental budget request
By Clark Corbin Idaho Capital Sun The Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Oct. 19 did not discuss or debate Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin’s supplemental budget request to have taxpayers cover her outside legal...
Local election forum recap
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A broad slate of candidates in contested races for Sandpoint and Dover city councils, Dover mayor and Lake Pend Oreille School District Zone 2 trustee gathered Oct. 19 both...
Sandpoint voters asked to consider 1% local option tax on Nov. 2 ballot
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff In addition to local government offices, Sandpoint voters will also be asked to weigh in Tuesday, Nov. 2 on whether they support a 1% resort city local option sales...
Where are all the workers – Part IV
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff This article is the fourth installment in a series during which the Reader has examined various aspects of the labor shortage affecting area employers. For previous parts, visit sandpointreader.com....
Candidates’ forum scheduled for Oct. 19
By Reader Staff The Sandpoint Reader, Keokee, KRFY 88.5 FM and the Selkirk Association of Realtors are teaming up to present a candidates’ forum Tuesday, Oct. 19 for the upcoming Tuesday, Nov. 2 election. The...
Bits ‘n’ Pieces: Oct. 14, 2021
By Lorraine H. Marie Reader Staff East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling: Attorneys general from 19 states and D.C. are seeking to block...
Lakeshore Drive construction underway
By Reader Staff Construction began Oct. 6 at the intersection of Lakeshore Drive and US-95 at the southern end of the Long Bridge, part of “efforts to improve US-95 near Sandpoint,” according to a...
COVID persists in Idaho, where half of eligible people are vaxxed
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff It has been five weeks since crisis standards of care were activated in North Idaho, as health care facilities became so strained by an uptick in coronavirus hospitalizations that...
