Restless ideologues tilting at windmills
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
I read a story once about a woman who constantly rearranged the furniture inside her home. Every few days or so, she’d try the couch …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
I read a story once about a woman who constantly rearranged the furniture inside her home. Every few days or so, she’d try the couch …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
An appeal of the 2021 District Court decision in favor of the city of Sandpoint and Festival at Sandpoint over the legality of a weapons …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Two lawsuits in progress against the city of Sandpoint regarding the weapons ban at War Memorial Field during the annual Festival at Sandpoint concert series …
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 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 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 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 Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The lawsuit Bonner County brought against the city of Sandpoint regarding the constitutionality of the weapons ban at The Festival at Sandpoint is scheduled for …
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