By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission deferred a recommendation to the City Council on proposed changes to an ordinance regulating short-term rentals, voting at its Nov. 18 regular meeting to...
Presentations include land trust, deed-restricted housing models By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The interim Idaho Legislature committee on land use and housing — which has been meeting around the state over the summer — convened...
By Lauren Necochea Reader Columnist Our government exists to serve the people. But another legislative session ruled by the Republican supermajority showed exactly what happens when one party has unchecked power for too long:...
By Sandpoint Mayor Jeremy Grimm Reader Contributor As we welcome the new year, I would like to take this opportunity to briefly reflect on your city government’s 2024 projects and activities and share priorities...
By Reader Staff As a realtor in Bonner County, Jessica Turco is well aware of the local housing shortages and escalating property values. North Idaho, like many areas in the Mountain West, is grappling...
By Cate Huisman Reader Contributor Anyone who reads the “Bouquets and Barbs” column of this newspaper may recall a recent rant by Ben Olson, who serves our community both as the paper’s publisher and...
By Cate Huisman Reader Contributor In my last piece about area housing policy [Opinion, “What we can do to address our housing crisis,” May 25, 2022], I mentioned that I wanted to write more...
