City Hall takes in updates on major projects
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Sandpoint City Council heard a number of updates on ongoing, big-ticket projects at its regular March 19 meeting, queuing up a busy season going into April and beyond....
Tagged: construction
City Council receives update on wastewater treatment plant replacement project
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The city of Sandpoint is progressing with its effort to replace and upgrade the ailing wastewater treatment plant, which has limped along for years with equipment and facilities that...
LPOSD plans $18.5 million improvements to Sandpoint Middle School
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Lake Pend Oreille School District Superintendent Dr. Becky Meyer met with families before the regular school board meeting Nov. 12 to answer questions on planned renovations to Sandpoint Middle...
Construction begins at Bridge Street intersection
By Reader Staff Construction work began April 11 at the northeast corner of Bridge Street and First Avenue in downtown Sandpoint, where a hole has sat in place of a number of buildings destroyed...
Downtown construction update
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Work continues apace on street and pedestrian right-of-way construction in the downtown core. Nearly a month after crews broke ground on the project — Phase 2 of the effort...
Cornhole — in the middle of the street
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When A&P Bar and Grill Manager James Mize was brainstorming a way to close out summer 2018 with a bang, he decided a cornhole tournament would be the way...
Downtown construction making progress
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Despite the poor air quality, construction work along Cedar and Oak streets is on schedule and on budget. This week, workers will finish installation of the stormwater piping and...
Point/Counterpoint: The Sandpoint Street Revitalization
‘Bulb-outs’ don’t make sense in our community By Lawrence Fury Reader Contributor “I shop for my clothes in Coeur d’Alene or in Ponderay. In the last 20 years, the only thing I’ve bought in Sandpoint...
Paying it forward:
By Cameron Barnes Reader Staff During our recent coverage of the memorial field grandstand demolition, I met Jim Woodward, the man behind Apex Construction. As we watched the grandstands being ripped out, he told...
Traffic changes set for mid-November
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Work on Fifth Avenue is on pace to introduce two-way traffic by mid-November, according to city officials. Although key steps like the installation of a traffic light and the...
