By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Board of Commissioners gave the unanimous go-ahead July 28 for Solid Waste personnel to pursue a new waste collection site in Laclede. The board approved a contract...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff This year might seem crazier than most, but it should be remembered that it’s always crazy in Sandpoint during the last weekend of July, when downtown merchants open their...
By Reader Staff The annual Sam Owen Fire District pancake breakfast fundraiser has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. “With an expected annual attendance of over 700 people and crowded indoor seating, it...
By Reader Staff Organizers of the Bonner County Rodeo announced July 14 that the 2020 event, which had been scheduled to run Aug. 14-15, will be canceled due to concerns over COVID-19. “It is...
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Panhandle Health District announced that beginning July 14, people seeking tests for the novel coronavirus should use their primary care provider. Moving forward, PHD will only...
By Reader Staff North Idaho law firm Smith + Malek has been selected to be part of a nationwide program to help small businesses and nonprofits understand their relief program options under the Coronavirus...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Organizers for the annual music concert Sandpoint SummerFest confirmed July 8 that the event has been canceled for 2020 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “It comes with an...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Citizen groups opposed to the Newport, Wash., silicon smelter have announced they will appeal to the Washington Supreme Court in a case against the Pend Oreille County Public Utility...
By Zach Hagadone and Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Nearly four months after the state of Idaho began responding in earnest to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Sandpoint City Administrator Jennifer Stapleton provided some additional detail...
By Reader Staff As the Fourth of July holiday approaches, the Idaho Panhandle National Forests is reminding visitors that fireworks, and the possession of fireworks, are prohibited on National Forest System lands, regardless of...
