Panida announces Jim Healey resignation
By Reader Staff The Panida Theater announced the resignation of longtime volunteer and board member Jim Healey on June 7. Healey has filled a number of volunteer roles at the Panida over the...
Category: News in Brief
ITD reconsiders U.S. 95 east alignment bypass in Sagle
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Idaho Transportation Department recently announced that it will not move ahead with the proposed U.S. Highway 95 east alignment bypass in Sagle, which would have expanded the U.S....
Army Corps updates timeline for full lake level
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released an update on operations at Albeni Falls Dam, stating that Lake Pend Oreille would reach its full summer pool of 2,062.5 feet...
WBCSD hosts additional meeting to discuss financials
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Trustees with the West Bonner County School District will continue with a series of meetings Monday, June 17 at 6 p.m. to iron out the 2024-2025 budget and look...
Deadline nears for public comment on Sagle bike ranch
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners will hear two appeals on the proposed Panhandle Bike Ranch off of Five Lakes Estates Road, in Sagle, which has drawn criticism from...
Bizarre Bazaar will move to new location in late August
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Upscale resale store Bizarre Bazaar is preparing to move to a new location toward the end of the summer, announcing June 2 that it would pull up stakes from...
Parking lot tussle following May 21 primary leads to battery, property damage charges
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Drama followed swiftly after the May 21 primary election, when reports surfaced online of a physical altercation involving Spencer Hutchings, who had just failed to win the Republican nomination...
Sandpoint City Council nixes remote testimony on Zoom
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint Mayor Jeremy Grimm announced June 5 that the City Council would no longer accept public testimony via Zoom. The move is intended to “encourage predominantly local participation” in...
City breaks ground on skatepark expansion
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Community members gathered May 30 for the groundbreaking ceremony for Phase 2 of the skatepark expansion at Travers Park. Sandpoint Community Planning and Development Director Jason Welker estimates that...
Albeni Falls Dam meeting draws contentious crowd
By Ben Olson Reader Staff In the first of two public meetings offered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to explain restricted operations at Albeni Falls Dam, representatives engaged with hundreds of concerned...
