Ponderay officials make case for 1% local option tax
By Reader Staff
Ponderay’s first five-year local option sales tax — passed by just one vote in 2019 — is set to expire at the end of 2024 after having …
By Reader Staff
Ponderay’s first five-year local option sales tax — passed by just one vote in 2019 — is set to expire at the end of 2024 after having …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Ponderay has long been called “the little city with the big future,” and that certainly seems to be coming true. Ponderay opened Phase 1 of …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Kevin Costner’s baseball diamond looks like a T-Ball field compared to the city of Ponderay’s proposed Field of Dreams Recreation Complex, named after the classic …
By Reader Staff
The “little city with a big future” just got a big boost in its plans to build a pedestrian-bicycle underpass to the lakeshore with the recent announcement …
By Reader Staff
Ponderay Neighbor Day is back by popular demand, bringing people together around ponies, snow cones, crafts, live music, local food and fun activities for the whole family.…
By Reader Staff
The city of Ponderay recently received a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to plan for the cleanup and reuse of a contaminated publicly owned property …
By Reader Staff
The city of Ponderay is calling for vendors for the fourth annual Ponderay Neighbor Day, a community event planned for Saturday, Sept. 19 at Ponderay’s “Harbison Field” …
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