Fires burn near Priest Lake
By Reader Staff The Idaho Department of Lands reported Aug. 7 that there had been 89 fires — totaling 345 burned acres — on the 6.3 million acres of land the department protects across...
Category: News
BoCo Comp Plan workshop slated for Aug. 16
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Members of the public have the chance to have their voices heard regarding the suggested “Goals, Objectives and Policies” of Bonner County’s updated Comprehensive Plan at a workshop scheduled...
Bonner County will spend ARPA money, return funding to EMS
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously Aug. 9 to return $800,300 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to the county’s Emergency Medical Services budget nearly a year after the monies...
City budget highlights new positions, capital projects
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Among the items in the city of Sandpoint’s proposed fiscal year 2023 budget are a number of big-ticket capital improvement projects, as well as a few expanded and new...
Sandpoint to present proposed $49.6 million budget for FY 2023
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The city of Sandpoint is proposing a fiscal year 2023 budget of $49,655,545 — up from $40,597,539 in FY 2022 — with the single biggest increase coming in the...
Sandpoint P&Z recommends approval of Boyer Farms subdivision Phase II
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Members of the Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission voted Aug. 2 to recommend approval of a preliminary plat request from Carousel Holdings, LLC., which is planning to build 25...
City Council OK’s wording for ballot measure increasing Sandpoint bed tax
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Sandpoint City Council unanimously approved language Aug. 3 for a proposed increase to the tax on short-term lodging, which is slated to appear on the Nov. 8 ballot...
August is public’s opportunity to comment on goals, objectives of BoCo Comp Plan
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The window to weigh in on the Bonner County Planning Commission’s proposed changes to the Goals, Objectives and Policies of the Bonner County Comprehensive Plan is currently open, with...
BoCo accepts campground extension grant despite sheriff pushback
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously Aug. 2 to accept grant funding from the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation to expand the RV campground at the Bonner County Fairgrounds....
‘This is a tourist tax’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint residents are more likely than not to see a measure on their 2022 ballots asking to increase the current 7% tax on short-term lodging to 14%, though the...
