Bridge Street land swap agreement amended
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint City councilors voted 4-2 to amend the land swap agreement with Bridge Street, LLC at their regular July 20 meeting, making the exchange final as of Monday, Aug....
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Sandpoint awards $7.8M contract for design-build of James E. Russell Sports Center
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint City Hall is putting the James E. Russell Sports Center on the fast track, accepting a $7.5 million gift from the Russell family in March; awarding a $7.8...
‘Off the charts’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint City Council members gathered with Planning and Zoning commissioners for a joint workshop July 12, during which they parsed through an in-depth report from Portland, Ore.-based Leland Consulting...
County rescinds no-wake zone extension
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County on June 30 terminated its resolution extending no-wake zones on all navigable county waters to 500 feet. The law surrounding no-wake zones has returned to what’s written...
‘I want to create a neighborhood’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Members of the Sandpoint City Council voted unanimously July 6 to approve the final development plan and preliminary plat for Culver’s Crossing — a first-of-its-kind affordable housing development for...
City Council adopts five-year strategic plan
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint City Council members unanimously approved a strategic plan at their June 15 meeting, establishing a slate of priorities to be addressed between now and 2027. The city adopted...
High inflows continue to affect lake level
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff In an update shared with the Reader on June 28, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson Scott Lawrence said that the Albeni Falls Dam — located on the west...
County adopts amendment to non-conforming use code
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners approved an amendment to the county’s land use code June 23, allowing for the expansion of natural resource-based, legal non-conforming uses — such as mining —...
County enacts 500-foot no wake zones
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously June 21 to declare a local disaster emergency regarding possible flooding, effectively extending no wake zones on all county waterways to 500 feet. The...
‘This isn’t the way we do business here’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A few months after Florida-based investor Jim Gissy purchased the Cedar Street Bridge in late 2018, it was hailed as “a new golden age” for the iconic retail space...
