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Priest River USFS project faces lawsuit

By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff An environmental group filed a lawsuit in federal district court Aug. 29, taking issue with a U.S. Forest Service project planned 25 miles north of Priest River. The Alliance...

Lake level timeline announced

By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Lake Pend Oreille will remain at summer pool through Sept. 18, after which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will start a gradual drawdown until reaching winter lake elevation...

Sound and fury

By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Despite the sound and fury surrounding the Festival at Sandpoint’s policy banning weapons at the publicly-owned War Memorial Field, city officials said they still haven’t received any paperwork indicating...

County solid waste fees to increase

By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously Sept. 4 to increase solid waste fees starting in the 2020 fiscal year in order to account for several improvement projects over 10 years....

Lawyering up

By Zach Hagadone and Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff It has been more than two weeks since Bonner County commissioners voted to proceed with legal action against the city of Sandpoint over the Festival at Sandpoint’s...

UI property sale approved

By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Idaho State Board of Education at its Aug. 29 meeting unanimously approved the sale of the Sandpoint University of Idaho Boyer property for $4 million. The buyer, according...