Final Downtown Waterfront design nearing completion
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The calendar is ticking down to the culmination of the city of Sandpoint’s Downtown Waterfront Design Competition, which envisions a wide range of short- and …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The calendar is ticking down to the culmination of the city of Sandpoint’s Downtown Waterfront Design Competition, which envisions a wide range of short- and …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’s been a long time coming, but the effort to connect Ponderay with its Lake Pend Oreille waterfront is teeing up to enter the first …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
An update to Sandpoint’s Comprehensive Plan hasn’t reached the finish line yet, but it’s getting close. After four years of work — interrupted by the …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
For the first time in nearly a month after the Aug. 29 special election that resulted in the recall of former-West Bonner County School District …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
After more than a year of planning — and rising community debate in recent months — Sandpoint City Council members voted Sept. 27 to give …
By Patty Hutchens
Reader Contributor
It was once a place where abused and neglected children felt safe and loved. A place where some had first experienced sleeping on a bed …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The Bonner County commissioners’ regular Tuesday, Sept. 12 business meeting was punctuated by three separate recesses, as acting-Commission Chair Luke Omodt attempted to rein in …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When I brought the Reader back into publication in January 2015 after two and a half years out of print, I was hopeful for our …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
A season of high drama in the West Bonner County School District is moving into a new phase Thursday, Sept. 7, when the Bonner County …
By Reader Staff
As a spate of regional wildfires and numerous smoke-filled days have given way to cooler, wetter weather, the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation announced Aug. 30 …
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