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 to have such a...
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Mayor’s Roundtable: Why the City Beach land swap is good for Sandpoint
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 to light that the...
City approves Memorial Field design contract
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 for major changes to...
Mayor’s Roundtable: United by our values
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 something to be proud...
Council narrowly approves Memorial Field design including synthetic turf
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 cast the tie-breaking vote...
Mayor’s Roundtable: An honor to serve
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 carrying out its 2017...
Council approves FY2020 budget while nixing inclusion initiative
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 million in expenditures —...
A touring band confronts racism in Sandpoint
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 the venue, they decided...
Sandpoint mayor: White nationalism gives N. Idaho a black eye, here’s how to fix it
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 was made the subject...
Mayor’s Roundtable: 2020 budget
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 culmination of several months...
