P&Z delays waterfront code amendment
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint Planning and Zoning commissioners voted Sept. 7 to delay action on a proposed amendment to zoning code that would clear the way for structures to be built within...
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Council greenlights local option tax for Nov. ballot
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff In a special meeting Sept. 8, the Sandpoint City Council voted 4-1 to approve a resort city local option tax of 1% for inclusion on the Tuesday, Nov. 2...
Remembering 9/11: 20 years later
Apocalyptic literature By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff My college roommates and I lived together — all 20 or, like me, nearing 21 years old — in a nice house a few blocks from then-Albertson...
Little reactivates Idaho National Guard, urges vaccine
By Reader Staff Idaho Gov. Brad Little announced Aug. 31 that he would once again mobilize the Idaho National Guard to assist in the COVID-19 crisis — this time to “support short-staffed medical facilities”...
Citizen input prompts reverse of BoCo polling place changes
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted Aug. 31 to override a previous motion that would have relocated polling places in nine area precincts. County Clerk Mike Rosedale said the reversal came...
Commissioners table ‘Constitutional County’ issue
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners stood at a stalemate during their Aug. 31 business meeting, disagreeing on a resolution that would declare “Constitutional County” status and forbade them from ever enacting...
‘Whose workforce?’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A proposed 21-lot subdivision on the west side of North Boyer Avenue received a recommendation of approval from Sandpoint Planning and Zoning commissioners Aug. 17 and is now headed...
Council approves final plat for Phase I of University Place subdivision
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff With no discussion or debate, the Sandpoint City Council at its Sept. 1 meeting approved the final plat for Phase I of the University Place development on North Boyer...
School Zone speeds reduced
By Reader Staff The start of the 2021-’22 school year is just around the corner and city of Sandpoint crews have been preparing to keep kids safe. New signs have been installed in school...
BoCo adopts 2022 budget, takes forgone taxes
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff In order to balance the 2022 budget, Bonner County commissioners voted Aug. 23 to take $2.7 million in forgone taxes — a move prompted by new state legislation, increased...
