City receives bids on Memorial Field work, Council Chambers remodel
By Reader Staff
The War Memorial Field improvement project is taking an important step forward, with sealed bids for Phase IIB due to the city on Feb. 25.
With an …
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Festival gun suits continue
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Two lawsuits in progress against the city of Sandpoint regarding the weapons ban at War Memorial Field during the annual Festival at Sandpoint concert series …
Dover P&Z looking at zone change for former-Thorne Research property
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The city of Dover Planning and Zoning Commission will consider a zone change to the former Thorne Research Center property, designating the entire site commercial, …
Idaho to require proof of residency for COVID vaccine
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Idaho health officials took steps this week to ensure vaccines against the novel coronavirus make it into the arms of Idaho residents, announcing measures to …
Idaho politicos react to Trump impeachment trial
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
For the second time in his so-far single four-year term, former-President Donald Trump weathered an impeachment trial, being acquitted Feb. 13 by the U.S. Senate …
Here we have Idaho: What’s happening this week at the Idaho Legislature
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The 2021 Idaho Legislature has reached its halfway point, with little to claim as an accomplishment. As reporter William L. Spence wrote Feb. 17 in …
COVID milestone: More Idahoans vaccinated than infected
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Idaho reached a major milestone last week when the number of residents with at least one dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 surpassed the number …
Here We Have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling:
If enacted, the 2021 Raise the Wage Act, …
Rep. Simpson’s plan to breach Snake R. dams offers to end ‘salmon wars’ while protecting ag and industry
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Congressman Mike Simpson, who represents Idaho’s Second Congressional District, stunned elected officials, agriculture and industry leaders throughout the Northwest when he announced Feb. 6 a …
Local providers spearhead Bonner, Boundary vaccine efforts
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner General Health is once again taking registrations for the two-dose COVID-19 vaccine after temporarily pausing sign-ups for people 65 and older on Jan. 27 …
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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.
