DEQ seeking comment on Black Rock cleanup plan
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s been a long time coming, but the effort to connect Ponderay with its Lake Pend Oreille waterfront is teeing up to enter the first stages of coming to...
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Sandpoint City Hall tables Comp Plan vote
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff An update to Sandpoint’s Comprehensive Plan hasn’t reached the finish line yet, but it’s getting close. After four years of work — interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic — councilors...
Sandpoint City Council votes to rezone portions of BoCo Fairgrounds
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff In a special public hearing Sept. 27, Sandpoint City Council members voted to approve two requests from the Bonner County commissioners to rezone portions of the Bonner County Fairgrounds...
Durst will ‘seek amicable and fair exit’ from West Bonner Co. School District
By Ben Olson Reader Staff For the first time in nearly a month after the Aug. 29 special election that resulted in the recall of former-West Bonner County School District Board of Trustees Chair...
Council gives final greenlight for construction of James E. Russell Sports Center
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff After more than a year of planning — and rising community debate in recent months — Sandpoint City Council members voted Sept. 27 to give their final approval to...
Fire season fizzles out
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Autumn weather has officially set in to the relief of firefighters across the state. The Idaho Department of Lands released its final statewide fire update Sept. 15, marking the...
Fall drawdowns planned for Pend Oreille, Priest Lake
By Reader Staff Resource managers will begin the fall drawdown of Lake Pend Oreille on Tuesday, Sept. 19, in keeping with the typical schedule of holding the lake at its normal pool of 2,062.5...
West Bonner Co. School District cancels board meeting due to lack of quorum
By Ben Olson Reader Staff More than 120 residents showed up to the Priest River Lamanna High School for a packed agenda before the West Bonner County School District Board of Trustees on Sept....
Slate of candidates for local elections finalized
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The filing period for candidates in the Tuesday, Nov. 7 election has closed, drawing dozens of incumbents and would-be office holders to local races for everything from mayoral and...
Sandpoint City Council hears presentation on establishing local housing authority
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Members of the Sandpoint City Council took in a presentation Sept. 20 on the establishment of a local housing authority, which would leverage a combination of municipal, institutional, state...
