Local News Beat

• Army Corps announces day-use fees for local recreation sites
  By Reader Staff The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Oct. 27 that day-use fees will be introduced at a number ...
• What are the ballot measures for the Nov. 3 election?
  By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Early in-person voting for the Tuesday, Nov. 3 election ends at 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30 ...
• Korn’s warning on limiting public comments at BOCC meetings treads old ground
  By Ben OlsonReader Staff Bonner County Commission Chairman Ron Korn began the Oct. 27 BOCC business meeting with a warning about ...
• Planning and Zoning recommends council OK zoning updates
  Amendments would establish new commercial zones and downtown preservation By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-1 at ...
• CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE
  2026 general Election By Reader Staff Before each election, the Sandpoint Reader reaches out to candidates in contested legislative and local races ...
• ‘Affordability’ the top concern at forum
  All invited Republican candidates decline to attend By Ben OlsonReader Staff The dais was noticeably sparse at the Oct. 20 candidates’ forum ...
• PHD announces new CFO
  Board institutes AI limitations for staff By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff More than a month after a slew of resignations, the Panhandle Health ...
• Sandpoint enters into owner’s rep agreement on wastewater plant project
  By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The city of Sandpoint took an important step to move forward with the planned reconstruction of the ...

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Opinions and Columns

• Free showing of Women’s Work: The Untold Story of America’s Female Farmers
  By Reader Staff The PBS documentary Women’s Work: The Untold Story of America’s Female Farmers explores historical and contemporary female farmers, ...
• POAC presents The Language of Color
  By Reader Staff In an effort to offer a reprieve from the oncoming gray of late fall, the Pend Oreille Arts ...
• POAC hosts jazz trio Duende Libre at The Heartwood Center
  By Reader Staff As part of their ongoing Performing Arts Season, Pend Oreille Arts Council is hosting award-winning jazz trio Duende ...
• Local violinist reaches division finals in MTNA competition
  By Reader Staff Sandpoint’s own violinist Jacinta Larson will compete as a division finalist in the Music Teachers Association Northwest Division’s ...
• Idaho breaks the ‘blue wave’
  By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The day after an election is always exhausting. Win or lose, they’re stressful exercises that more often ...
• Trophy hunting
  Elk season and volleyball season coalesce By Lyndsie Kiebert-CareyReader Contributor For an elk hunt to end with a harvest, a lot has ...
• Slop new world
  By Ben OlsonReader Staff For the first time in the Reader’s history, we ran the candidate questionnaire responses that we publish ...
• Mad About Science: Unexplained mysteries
  By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist We’ve spent October exploring all sorts of unexplained mysteries; and, as Halloween descends upon us, we look ...

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