Paving begins on Cedar Street
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Despite rain postponing work, the Cedar Street construction project is nearing its final phases with paving this week. Cedar Street closed to motorists from 6 a.m. to the afternoon...
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City rolls out app to boost citizen engagement
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Before long, the full scope of Sandpoint’s city services will be available with a few taps on a touch screen. City officials unveiled a new phone app Wednesday designed...
Building condemnation puts locals in limbo
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The future of two local Sandpoint businesses and a key downtown property is in limbo after the city of Sandpoint condemned a building located at 330 North First Ave. ...
Bonner County’s choppy wake debate
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Last week marked the latest in Bonner County’s wake saga, as county commissioners voted against extending no-wake zones from the county standard of 200 feet to 300 feet around...
Cornhole — in the middle of the street
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When A&P Bar and Grill Manager James Mize was brainstorming a way to close out summer 2018 with a bang, he decided a cornhole tournament would be the way...
School, city staff talk crosswalk safety
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Thanks to a collaboration between the city and Washington Elementary students, the beginning of the school day could get a whole lot safer. At the Sandpoint City Council meeting...
Forty-foot statue bound for Jamaica
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff An art project that could go as far as Jamaica and New York City is getting its start in Ponderay. Local man Don Frost is carving a giant redwood...
Construction continues on First, Cedar and Ella
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Summer might be drawing to a close, but there are still a few months left in the construction season before the snow flies. Perhaps the most conspicuous new project...
Racist robocalls across nation again linked to Sandpoint man
By Ben Olson and Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A series of racist robocalls made national news last week, each claiming to have been paid for by a video blog called The Road to Power,...
A bridge too far
By Katie Botkin Reader Contributor Activists have filed a notice of appeal against a state permit for a second railway bridge across Lake Pend Oreille. The Idaho Department of Lands granted Burlington Northern Santa...
