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...
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...
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...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Snowmelt runoff and extended heavy rains have resulted in high volumes of water running through creeks in area forests, in some cases damaging U.S. Forest Service roads. According to...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As with a host of other long-time community events, including Lost in the ’50s and The Festival at Sandpoint, the annual Fourth of July celebration fell victim to the...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Bonner County Board of Commissioners issued a proclamation May 28 opposing the Idaho Stage 2 “Stay Healthy” order from Gov. Brad Little, alleging that the directive is unconstitutional....
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The unprecedented mail-in-only 2020 primary election concluded June 2, with a significant decrease in turnout from the initial ballot requests. According to Bonner County elections numbers, of those previously...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It has been the better part of a year since Bonner County filed a lawsuit against the city of Sandpoint over the no-weapons policy at The Festival at Sandpoint,...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A group of about 50 teens and twentysomethings marched across the Long Bridge on June 2 to protest the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man killed May...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Bulldog Bench, the booster club for Sandpoint High and Middle schools, announced the names of the 2020 SHS scholarship winners on May 27. Maddie Morgan earned the $2,500...
