City files motion to recover costs in Festival gun suit
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Two weeks after a district judge ruled in favor of the city of Sandpoint in the lawsuit brought by Bonner County over The Festival at …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Two weeks after a district judge ruled in favor of the city of Sandpoint in the lawsuit brought by Bonner County over The Festival at …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Contributor
Since its donation to the city of Sandpoint by the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1922, City Beach has drawn tourists from around the world.
The …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint Planning and Zoning commissioners took their first deep dive Sept. 15 into the University Park development, a mixed use subdivision proposed for the 75-acre …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As the Sandpoint City Council unanimously adopted its long-running Parks and Recreation Master Plan on Sept. 16, the first piece of the city’s Waterfront at …
By Steve Holt
Reader Contributor
This is in response to Carrie Logan’s Aug. 18 guest opinion in the Bonner County Daily Bee [also published short-form in the Reader on Aug. …
By Zach Hagadone and Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
After a year in the courts, countless hours of community conversation and gallons of newspaper ink, the lawsuit against the city of …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The original suit surrounding The Festival at Sandpoint’s weapons ban saw some action Aug. 25, as counsel for both Bonner County and the city of …
Kids ran and played ball, some turning cartwheels and kicking up bits of cork in the process, on the new War Memorial Field turf Aug. 7, as city dignitaries milled …
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As Bonner County’s lawsuit against the city of Sandpoint regarding The Festival at Sandpoint’s weapons policy approaches its first birthday, a second …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society unveiled a plaque and officially dedicated a new arbor July 21 at a small ceremony.
The arbor was donated by …
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