City puts Pine Street sidewalk project out to bid
By Reader Staff The city of Sandpoint is accepting bids for a project to remove and reconstruct old sidewalks, as well as build new sidewalks, along the north side of Pine Street from Boyer...
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LPOSD faces Title IX complaint
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Lake Pend Oreille School District has an almost 20-year history of failing to provide equal athletic opportunities for female students, according to a Title IX complaint filed July...
Trestle Creek Complex Fire exceeds 200 acres
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Fire risk remains high in North Idaho, with dry and hot conditions persisting into the near future. In Bonner County, fires continue to burn in mountains above Hope —...
Pathway beneath Long Bridge opens
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Though it is a signature feature of the Sandpoint area, the span of U.S. 95 commonly referred to as the Long Bridge hasn’t received a lot of attention from...
Wednesday lightning sets fires across Idaho Panhandle
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff A dry thunderstorm the morning of July 7 set off a series of fires in North Idaho, including six northeast of Sandpoint known as the Trestle Creek Fires. In...
Council takes on parkland, affordable housing and trails
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint City Council members took up a trio of land use-related items during their July 7 regular meeting, including development of a little utilized piece of city-owned property north...
Little Pine fire completely contained
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Even as temperatures rivaled all-time highs in North Idaho, firefighters working on the Little Pine fire near Priest River achieved 100% containment on June 30, holding the burn to...
Hoodoo Valley rezone sent back to square one
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff An application for a zone change in the Hoodoo Valley has seen it all, from denial to approval to a full-on scrapping, as the board of Bonner County Commissioners...
Idaho National Guard pandemic mission ends
By Reader Staff Idaho Gov. Brad Little announced June 24 that the Idaho National Guard’s COVID-19 Task Force would begin wrapping up operations over the coming weeks as the impacts of the pandemic continue...
Forest officials: ‘Know Before You Go’ this holiday weekend
By Reader Staff With the Fourth of July holiday approaching, public land managers across the Idaho Panhandle want to remind visitors that fireworks, and the possession of fireworks, are prohibited on federal public lands,...
