BoCo budget hearings slated for Aug. 23
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners will hold two public hearings Monday, Aug. 23 to discuss adoption of the fiscal year 2022 budget. Meetings are scheduled for 10 a.m. and 6 p.m....
Category: News in Brief
Trestle Creek Complex now 6K acres
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Trestle Creek Complex fire surpassed 6,000 acres this week, and, as of Aug. 18, remains only 5% contained. Lightning started the fire — located four miles north of...
Council looks at census numbers, approves 2022 budget
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint City Council members unanimously approved the fiscal year 2022 budget Aug. 18, appropriating nearly $40.6 million as well as the use of forgone levying authority. The FY2022 budget,...
Angels Over Sandpoint Back to School program revs up for the school year
By Reader Staff It’s getting to be the time of year when Sandpoint families are preparing their children for another school year, which means it’s time for the Angels Over Sandpoint’s Back to School...
Bits ‘n’ Pieces: Aug. 12, 2021
By Lorraine H. Marie Reader Columnist East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling: Big splash: The recent climate report from the Intergovernmental Panel on...
Republican 2022 election races are already red hot
By Clark Corbin Idaho Capital Sun The campaign trail is crowded at the top of the ticket with almost a dozen candidates challenging the incumbent governor just as Idaho moves into state fair season. ...
Half of all eligible Idahoans vaccinated against COVID-19
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff As the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus continues to ramp up case numbers across the country, the message from epidemiologists and other health care leaders remains the same:...
Ethics Chair Dixon provides more details on recommendation to censure Rep. Giddings
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As the political waves settle following the Idaho House Ethics Committee’s unanimous vote Aug. 3 to recommend censure for Rep. Priscilla Giddings, R-White Bird, some of the details of...
Firefighters prepare for hot weekend ahead
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Fire officials are anticipating increased activity at area blazes over the weekend, as a high-pressure system is expected to bring temperatures in the mid-90s to North Idaho, along with...
Mayor’s affordable housing task force begins work
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As both regional and national headlines continue to pile up regarding the lack of affordable housing — especially in the Northwest — the recently formed Sandpoint Workforce Housing Task...
