Work commences on Memorial Field dock improvements
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Crews with local dock builder C.E. Kramer started work Feb. 20 at the War Memorial Field waterfront, staging equipment and preparing to get underway on …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Crews with local dock builder C.E. Kramer started work Feb. 20 at the War Memorial Field waterfront, staging equipment and preparing to get underway on …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
All but one of the action items at the Feb. 21 Bonner County commissioners’ meeting drew a unanimous vote in favor. That lone split vote …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint’s downtown design competition is officially on, after City Council members voted unanimously Feb. 15 to invite eligible teams to submit their proposals.
The new …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
An appeal of the 2021 District Court decision in favor of the city of Sandpoint and Festival at Sandpoint over the legality of a weapons …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Members of the Sandpoint City Council voted unanimously Feb. 1 to table a proposed amendment to the Multimodal Transportation Plan envisioning a realignment of U.S. …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Area residents Fred and Jennifer Arn have filed a petition for judicial review in Idaho District Court regarding the Bonner County commissioners’ decision Dec. 19 …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
For 22 years, North Idaho Children and Community Mental Health has provided a suite of critical resources for children and their families with mental health …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
In one of the longest and most well-attended Tuesday business meetings in recent memory, Bonner County commissioners came to a split vote on a motion …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners heard and ultimately tabled recommendations from the Planning Commission to update the Hazardous Areas and Special Areas or Sites components of the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
In the first weekly business meeting featuring all three members of the newly configured board, Bonner County commissioners approved a slate of department requests, elected …
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