Judge hears costs and fees motion in Festival gun suit
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
A judge heard arguments for and against a reimbursement of costs and fees to the city of Sandpoint Oct. 27, marking the latest in the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
A judge heard arguments for and against a reimbursement of costs and fees to the city of Sandpoint Oct. 27, marking the latest in the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County is appealing its case against the city of Sandpoint to the Idaho Supreme Court, after a district court judge ruled in early September …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Kootenai County District Judge Lansing L. Haynes is scheduled to hear a motion for attorney fees and costs on Oct. 27, marking the latest movement …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
To say that 2020 has presented some challenges to The Festival at Sandpoint would be an understatement — and even that understatement would be an …
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Bonner County filed an objection in district court Sept. 30 in response to the city of Sandpoint’s request for almost $94,000 in …
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 …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Last week, Reader Publisher Ben Olson and Editor-in-Chief Zach Hagadone shared their “dream” Festival at Sandpoint lineup in lieu of a real 2020 schedule, since …
Full circle at The Festival
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Though I’ve lived in Bonner County all my life, I’d attended The Festival maybe once before I was asked to …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
I’m a pragmatic man, so when the Reader editorial staff came up with the idea of conjuring a “Dream Festival” lineup, my mind first flew …
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