Mayor’s Roundtable: Happy holidays!
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
As this holiday season approaches, I’m incredibly grateful to all of our city staff for their dedication, hard work and professionalism. We are blessed …
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
As this holiday season approaches, I’m incredibly grateful to all of our city staff for their dedication, hard work and professionalism. We are blessed …
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
A draft of the City’s Parks and Recreation Master Plan is under way and through the planning process a number of missed opportunities came …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It again fell to Mayor Shelby Rognstad to break a tie Nov. 20, as the Sandpoint City Council considered whether to approve a design contract …
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
Sandpoint is a community characterized by engaged citizenship. With more than 300 registered nonprofits, ours is a community of people who care. This is …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Calling it “probably the most difficult decision I’ve made in four years, and I think it is too for this council,” Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad …
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
It has been an incredible honor and privilege to serve as mayor of Sandpoint.
This is a particularly important time as the city is …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Sandpoint City Council adopted the fiscal year 2020 budget at its regular meeting Aug. 21, putting its seal of approval on more than $39.32 …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Members of the San Francisco-based band Afrolicious were looking for something to eat before their Aug. 3 show at The Hive. After setting up at …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad is no stranger to hate mail — or hateful robocalls, for that matter. Even before he won election in 2015, Rognstad …
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
In this month’s addition I’d like to share with you a few highlights of the city’s proposed budget for 2020. The budget is the …
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