Gun Culture:
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Far more often than not, range master Cliff Lanning is happy to see people with a gun in their hands. The individuals he helps at the city of Sandpoint’s...
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Conflict sparks between mill and home owners
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Local business growth is usually a good thing, but not everyone is happy with Alpine Cedar sawmill’s planned expansion. Home and business owners are in the Shingle Mill Road...
Taking Refuge:
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Between fliers for citizenship classes and support groups, a print-off of Psalm 16 greets visitors of the World Relief Spokane office. “Keep me safe, my God, for in you...
Input needed for highway corridor
The city invites the public to participate in crafting a vision for the Highway 2/200 Corridor. Public open houses will be held Dec. 9-10, from 5-7 p.m. at the The Sandpoint Center at Columbia...
City to revamp billing policy
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The Bonner Community Food Center’s hefty two-month sewer bill won’t be lowered—at least not yet. The Sandpoint City Council voted Wednesday against lowering the nonprofit’s sewer bill for the...
Van Dyk announces retirement
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Sandpoint Public Works Director Kody Van Dyk announced he will be retiring in March. The longtime city department head gave his notice this week, opening up the office that...
Bonner County commissioners oppose refugee resettlement
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff It didn’t take long for disorder to break out at Tuesday’s Bonner County Board of Commissioners public hearing. Perhaps it was inevitable that the meeting, in which commissioners unanimously...
A brief history of human rights in Bonner County
By Brenda Hammond Reader Staff Editor’s note: This is the first of three articles written by members of the Bonner County Human Rights Task Force that will publish in later issues. Several hundred people...
Local politicians resist refugee resettlement
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff It seems just about everyone has an opinion about Syrian refugee resettlement, and local politicians are no exception. District 1 Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, is calling for a special...
Toys for Tots a huge resource for community
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Back in the 1950s, when the Sandpoint Lions Club started doing the Toys for Tots drive, people would donate used toys and the Lions would fix them up and...
