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...
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Legislative committee explores affordable housing in Sandpoint
Presentations include land trust, deed-restricted housing models By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The interim Idaho Legislature committee on land use and housing — which has been meeting around the state over the summer — convened...
City Hall opts to eliminate Sandpoint area of impact
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Members of the Sandpoint City Council voted unanimously Aug. 6 to eliminate the city’s area of impact. The decision followed a recommendation July 15 from the Planning and Zoning Commission,...
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...
BOCC moves forward with Admin Building renovations, county named in RICO lawsuit
Business meeting interrupted by ‘Zoom bomber’ By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners voted July 22 to move forward with tentative plans to change the layout of the Bonner County Administration...
Council punts on adopting preliminary $49.9M fiscal year 2026 budget
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Sandpoint City Council voted July 9 to hold off on adopting the preliminary fiscal year 2026 budget — which would have established a maximum expenditure of $49,927,665 —...
Sandpoint City Council approves final downtown parking plan
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff After more than half a year of presentations, Planning and Zoning meetings, community feedback and other City Hall deliberation, the Sandpoint City Council voted 3-1 at the tail end...
Culvert failure closes N. Boyer at Sand Creek
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The city of Sandpoint closed North Boyer Road at the Sand Creek crossing due to structural concerns over a large culvert beneath the roadway, according to a June 11...
Sandpoint ‘No Kings’ demonstration draws estimated 1,000 protesters
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint joined more than 2,100 communities that drew an estimated 5 million people to the streets nationwide to demonstrate against President Donald Trump’s administration on June 14 for “No...
Selkirk Loop Board calls for ‘swift resolution’ to U.S.-Canada trade war
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As the fallout from President Donald Trump’s tariff policies continues to reverberate in markets around the world, closer to home the International Selkirk Loop Board of Directors issued an...
