Tagged: Cameron Rasmusson

Ben Stein turns the tables

By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff

Of all Sandpoint’s famous residents, Ben Stein might just be the most prolific around town.

The speech writer, lawyer, actor, author and part-time Sandpoint local …

Council approves rezoning request

By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff

Sandpoint City Council approved a request last week to rezone part of a property near Sandpoint Airport from Industrial Technical Park to Residential Single Family.…

What’s new? pt. 3

By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff

Editor’s Note: New businesses are springing up all over Sandpoint this summer, and here at the Reader, we’re making an effort to introduce them to

BGH celebrates 70 years in Sandpoint

By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff

From humble beginnings as a refurbished military infirmary to its sprawling, modern medical campus, Bonner General Health has come a long way in 70 years.…

Goose battle rages at City Hall

By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff

The city of Sandpoint’s plan for Canada geese management has escalated into a full-blown controversy. 

Opponents filled the Sandpoint City Council public comment period Wednesday …

Idaho ranks last in census data

By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff

New census data paint a grim picture of Idaho education, with the state coming in last in per-pupil revenues and next-to-last in per-pupil spending.

According …

Physicians oppose Newport smelter

By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff

A coalition of physicians and health care professionals has issued an open letter opposing the proposed Newport silicon smelter.

Known as the Inland NW Physicians …

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