Inaugural women’s symposium
A crowd of about 100 people turned out for the inaugural Womens’ Symposium held Aug. 16 at the Heartwood Center in Sandpoint. The event was billed as an evening to “learn the history and...
Category: News in Brief
Sandpoint City Council approves $52.9M budget
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Members of the Sandpoint City Council voted unanimously at their regular Aug. 16 meeting to approve a fiscal year 2024 budget of $52,974,269 — an aincrease of about $3.3...
Longtime BGH CEO Sheryl Rickard will retire at end of the year
By Reader Staff After 36 years with Bonner General Health, CEO Sheryl Rickard will be retiring at the end of 2023, capping a career that began in 1986 as accounting supervisor for the hospital....
Final team advances to Phase 3 of downtown waterfront design competition
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff One day after a panel of judges heard presentations from the three teams in Phase 2 of the city’s downtown waterfront design competition, the Sandpoint City Council voted unanimously...
Fire danger prompts Stage II fire restrictions across North Idaho
By Reader Staff Moderate to severe drought conditions coupled with persistent high temperatures have contributed to the decision to raise fire restrictions to Stage II across North Idaho fire districts. These lands include those...
BNSF officially opens two-way rail traffic over Lake Pend Oreille bridges
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff After more than a decade of planning and construction since 2019, BNSF Railway announced Aug. 7 that it had officially opened two-way traffic on the new and refurbished train...
Finalists present their concepts for downtown waterfront design competition
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff After nearly six months, the city of Sandpoint is getting close to identifying a finalist in its downtown waterfront design competition, which kicked off in late-February when the City...
Council takes up Urban Area Transportation Plan, moving stoplight from Church to Pine
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Local and regional transportation topics led the regular Aug. 2 meeting of the Sandpoint City Council, with majority votes to increase funding for an updated Urban Area Transportation Plan...
Investigation into alleged fraud at the BoCo Fairgrounds made public
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office publicized an investigative report and news release July 26 focused on alleged misuse of funds by late-Fairgrounds Director Darcey Smith, who took her own...
Changes at the Panida Theater
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Changes are afoot at the historic Panida Theater, with Managing Director Lauren Sanders announcing July 27 that she is stepping down from running the historic theater after six months...
