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Sandpoint City Council approves $52.9M budget
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Members of the Sandpoint City Council voted unanimously at their regular Aug. 16 meeting to approve a fiscal year 2024 budget of $52,974,269 — an …
Longtime BGH CEO Sheryl Rickard will retire at end of the year
By Reader Staff
After 36 years with Bonner General Health, CEO Sheryl Rickard will be retiring at the end of 2023, capping a career that began in 1986 as accounting …
Final team advances to Phase 3 of downtown waterfront design competition
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
One day after a panel of judges heard presentations from the three teams in Phase 2 of the city’s downtown waterfront design competition, the Sandpoint …
Fire danger prompts Stage II fire restrictions across North Idaho
By Reader Staff
Moderate to severe drought conditions coupled with persistent high temperatures have contributed to the decision to raise fire restrictions to Stage II across North Idaho fire districts. …
BNSF officially opens two-way rail traffic over Lake Pend Oreille bridges
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
After more than a decade of planning and construction since 2019, BNSF Railway announced Aug. 7 that it had officially opened two-way traffic on the …
Council takes up Urban Area Transportation Plan, moving stoplight from Church to Pine
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Local and regional transportation topics led the regular Aug. 2 meeting of the Sandpoint City Council, with majority votes to increase funding for an updated …
Investigation into alleged fraud at the BoCo Fairgrounds made public
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office publicized an investigative report and news release July 26 focused on alleged misuse of funds by late-Fairgrounds Director Darcey Smith, …
Utilities Commission seeking testimony on electric and natural gas rate increases
By Reader Staff
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission will host customer hearings in late July to take testimony on applications from Avista to increase rates for natural gas and electric …
Following Durst contract approval in W. Bonner School District, trustees face recall
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Weeks of controversy have roiled the West Bonner County School District, as its trustees have hosted a number of charged public board meetings related to …