‘Planting our crop’: The city of Ponderay makes its case for the Field of Dreams
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When Ponderay voters go to the polls on Nov. 5, among the items they’ll be asked to consider is whether the city should institute a …
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ICL applauds Avista settlement
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Avista Utilities customers in Idaho can perhaps ease back on worries about winter-time energy bills, as the Spokane-based power company announced Oct. 11 that it …
County music festival committee to form ‘backup plan’ in case of Festival closure
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners passed a resolution Oct. 15 to form the Music Festival Feasibility Study Committee — a group meant to conduct a study to …
Downtown construction timeline lengthened
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Though initial estimates had the current phase of downtown construction slated for completion Nov. 26, city officials announced Oct. 4 that the end of November …
Open house series on rec access in Ponderay
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The city of Ponderay is fronting a ballot measure Nov. 5 asking voters whether they approve of a five-year, 1% local option tax to help …
Fulcher, Ybarra address N. Idaho constituents
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
U.S. House of Representatives member Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, is embarking on a series of town halls throughout the Idaho First Congressional District, answering questions and …
Troublesome cougar on the prowl in Bonner County
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
A large cougar has killed three alpacas, a miniature horse and a deer in the areas surrounding Colburn Culver, Rapid Lightning and the Lower Pack …
Commissioners select EMS advisory council members
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners appointed members to the reinstated emergency management services advisory council at their Oct. 8 business meeting, bringing the group back into working …
Sandpoint P&Z greenlights Ridge at Cedar St. apartments, with conditions
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint Planning and Zoning commissioners unanimously approved a three-story, 15-unit multi-family development on the 1700 block of Cedar at their regular meeting Oct. 1, albeit …
Smelter sees progress as rezone appeal is denied
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The proposed PacWest silicon smelter in Newport, Wash., made strides last week as the Pend Oreille County hearing examiner struck down an appeal from anti-smelter …
