2026 year in preview
What could be in the coming year By Reader Staff While it may be a fool’s errand to predict the future, we’ve been doing it at the Reader every year since 2020 — getting...
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2025 YEAR IN REVIEW
Recapping some of the biggest headlines of the year… pray for us By Zach HagadoneReader Staff At the end of the introductory paragraph in the 2024 “Year in Review,” we congratulated Reader readers on...
Here’s what else went down at the Nov. 19 council meeting
While the NDO issue dominated, plenty else happened — or will happen soon — at City Hall By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The agenda for the emotionally charged, marathon Nov. 19 meeting of the Sandpoint...
November 2025 election results
Voters elect new Sandpoint City Council members, approve wastewater bond by wide margin By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Bonner County voters went to the polls Nov. 4 to cast their ballots in a number of...
‘I feel like we’re being played’
Council rejects Averill hotel proposal to lease or buy City Beach RV park, but sets workshop for future plans on the site By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Emotions ran high at the Nov. 5 regular...
Sandpoint City Council continues debate over legal counsel
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff High tension has animated Sandpoint City Hall proceedings since the Oct. 1 regular meeting of the City Council, when councilors walked out of the chambers in protest over the dismissal...
City adopts $49.9M FY’26 budget
New fee schedule accepted in tie vote broken by Mayor Grimm By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The Sandpoint City Council tackled its Fiscal Year 2026 budget, along with setting a new fee schedule, at its...
Sandpoint voters to consider $130M wastewater plant bond measure
Council approves language for Nov. 4 ballot By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Sandpoint voters will see a measure on their Nov. 4 election ballot asking whether they approve of the city bonding for up to...
Council to bring FY’26 budget for public hearing, set ballot language on wastewater plant bond
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The Sandpoint City Council is cued up for an especially consequential meeting Wednesday, Aug. 20, which will include the final workshop and public hearing for the Fiscal Year 2026 budget...
Sandpoint adopts increased development impact fees
Higher fees intended to make ‘growth pay for growth’ By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The cost of both residential and non-residential development in Sandpoint is going to get more expensive, after the Sandpoint City Council...
