LPO enters flexible winter pool operations
By Reader Staff
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers launched flexible winter pool operations Jan. 6 on Lake Pend Oreille, and advised people living or recreating around local waters that …
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Survey asks Sandpoint residents to weigh in on housing, neighborhood infill
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint City Hall is casting its net even wider in hopes of capturing public opinion on housing and neighborhoods, offering a survey related to the …
Bonner County officials sworn in
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
A slate of new and re-elected Bonner County officials were sworn into office Jan. 9, marking the return of some old faces and the addition …
McDonald and Connolly see final county business meeting
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The Bonner County commissioners’ Jan. 3 meeting marked the last weekly business meeting appearances by District 2 Commissioner Jeff Connolly and District 3 Commissioner Dan …
BoCo adopts updated Goals, Objectives and Policies for the Comp Plan
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously Dec. 21 to adopt updates to the Bonner County Comprehensive Plan’s Goals, Objectives and Policies document while facing concerns about …
BoCo remands Dufort zone change back to planning department
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously Dec. 21 to send a zone change application for 11.8 acres at the intersection of Dufort and Vay roads back …
County approves Camp Bay Road vacation in third hearing
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
In its third bout before the Bonner County commissioners, the board voted unanimously to approve an application to vacate the last 2,550 feet of Camp …
BOCC adopts changes to Comp Plan
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners adopted updates to two sections of the county’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan on Dec. 7, marking the latest in the extensive process …
BoCo planning staff: Camp Bay Road vacation ‘is in the public interest’
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County Planning staff has issued its staff report on a file proposing the vacation of Camp Bay Road, set to be discussed at a …
‘This is fast’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Representatives of Portland, Ore.-based Leland Consulting Group returned to the Sandpoint City Council at its regular meeting Dec. 7, filling in councilors on updates to …
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
