City Council adopts five-year strategic plan
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint City Council members unanimously approved a strategic plan at their June 15 meeting, establishing a slate of priorities to be addressed between now and …
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High inflows continue to affect lake level
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
In an update shared with the Reader on June 28, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson Scott Lawrence said that the Albeni Falls Dam — …
County adopts amendment to non-conforming use code
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners approved an amendment to the county’s land use code June 23, allowing for the expansion of natural resource-based, legal non-conforming uses — …
County enacts 500-foot no wake zones
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously June 21 to declare a local disaster emergency regarding possible flooding, effectively extending no wake zones on all county waterways …
‘This isn’t the way we do business here’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
A few months after Florida-based investor Jim Gissy purchased the Cedar Street Bridge in late 2018, it was hailed as “a new golden age” for …
Late spring storms bring high flows, potential debris on LPO
By Reader Staff
Recent heavy rainstorms combined with runoff into Lake Pend Oreille from above average snowpack has raised the flood risk downstream of Albeni Falls Dam, according to a …
LPOSD reviewing school security
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Trustees of the Lake Pend Oreille School District heard a presentation June 14 from Superintendent Tom Albertson on school safety and security — a concern …
Officers release identity of body recovered at City Beach
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Local law enforcement officials have identified the man whose remains were pulled from the water June 7 at Sandpoint City Beach as Gary Bonser, 40, …
Sandpoint P&Z approves use permit for 130-unit apartment complex on N. Boyer
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Members of the Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission approved a conditional use permit application June 7, moving a proposed mixed-used development one step closer to …
Chief Coon on school safety: ‘What it really comes down to is all we can do is be ready for when it happens’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Eight days after the mass shooting May 24 at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which left 19 students and two teachers dead, as well …
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Videography Jimmy Matlosz is making mini-documentaries, aka “mini docs” of notable Sandpoint persons. So far subjects have included cinematographer Erik Daarstaad, broadcaster Diane Michaels and man-of-many-talents Dan Shook. Latest is photographer Dann Hall. Go watch them at The Idaho Film Company»
