Council puts turf out to bid
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The long-debated resurfacing of War Memorial Field with artificial turf took a small but important step forward Feb. 5, when the Sandpoint City Council unanimously voted to permit city...
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‘A bridge too far’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Since late January, Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad has found himself on the receiving end of dozens of phone calls and emails from gun rights proponents angry about what they...
Racist robocaller Scott Rhodes, who targeted the Reader, faces a $13M fine from FCC
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Since 2015, Sandpoint area residents have received anonymous robocalls attacking a range of targets, including Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad and, beginning in September 2018, Sandpoint Reader Publisher Ben Olson....
County Road and Bridge given green light to fix deteriorating roads
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Board of Bonner County Commissioners approved a resolution Jan. 28 that would allow Bonner County Road and Bridge to take measures necessary to repair gravel roads severely damaged...
Here we Have Idaho, Jan. 30
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Wolves Sen. Bert Brackett, R-Rogerson, introduced a bill Wednesday, Jan. 22 in the Idaho Senate that would create some wolf-free zones in Idaho where hunters would be allowed to...
Boiling point reached in gun case
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As the Bonner County v. City of Sandpoint weapons ban lawsuit enters its fifth month, tensions have steadily increased, boiling over when an encounter between members of...
Dover seeking grant for trail connection
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The city of Dover is seeking funding from the Idaho Department of Transportation for a project to connect the trail on Dover Bay Boulevard to the Sandpoint-Dover Community Trail...
Derailment clean up continues on Kootenai River
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Efforts to clean up the Kootenai River are ongoing after three locomotive engines and six rail cars jumped the track Jan. 1, with crews focused on removing one remaining...
A new push against religious medical neglect
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Contributor It’s been a long seven years for opponents of Idaho laws protecting so-called “faith healing” practitioners. Since the Nixon administration, Idaho has offered some of the nation’s most sweeping...
Carpenter pleads not guilty
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Judith Carpenter, the Coeur d’Alene woman accused of shooting and killing 79-year-old Hope resident Shirley Ramey in 2017, pleaded not guilty Jan. 13 to a charge of first-degree murder....
