Sandpoint business owner files tort against city of Sandpoint
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
A Sandpoint business owner has filed a tort claim against the city of Sandpoint five months after a police raid on her business has yet …
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Conservation groups petition USFS to outlaw aerial hunting of wolves in Idaho
More than 30 wildlife conservation groups joined forces Feb. 15 to back a petition to the U.S. Forest Service, requesting that the agency ban Idaho from paying private contractors to …
New candidates for BoCo commissioner, Dist. 1A House
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The slate of Republican candidates for the 2024 election is getting longer with the recent announcement that Clark Fork resident Dimitry Borisov intends to seek …
Bundy militant Eric Parker says he’s behind Idaho bill to narrow definition of ‘terrorism’
By Daniel Walters
InvestigateWest
The 2014 photos, snapped by a Reuters photojournalist, had turned Idaho’s Eric Parker into a kind of legend on the far right: They showed Parker, in …
Date nearing for Idaho GOP presidential caucus
By Reader Staff
The Idaho Republican Party will hold a statewide presidential caucus Saturday, March 2, with each county inviting Republican candidates and registered Republican voters to participate. Voters must …
City seeking bids for Fifth and Pine stoplight project
By Reader Staff
The city of Sandpoint is seeking bids from qualified contractors for the city’s Fifth Avenue and Pine Street Signal Project. The project will relocate a traffic signal …
The future of public comment at the BOCC
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The Bonner County board of commissioners maintained an uncharacteristically reserved first half of its regular business meeting on Feb. 20 — unanimously approving airport grant …
How local Idaho prosecutors lost the case against Patriot Front’s white nationalist leader
By Daniel Walters
InvestigateWest
Nearly two years ago, police in North Idaho had the leader of America’s largest white nationalist group and 30 of his followers unmasked, zip-tied and in …
USFS, BLM considering wildfire prevention work on 11,000+ acres southeast of Bonners
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management are proposing a range of “treatments” on 11,300 acres of forested public land near Bonners Ferry …
Area Gray wolves denied Endangered Species Act protection
By Soncirey Mitchel
Reader Staff
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a decision Feb. 2 denying wildlife conservation groups’ petition to protect northern Rocky Mountain gray wolves under the …
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
