‘Getting the pulse’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As it continues to move forward on the Comprehensive Plan update, the city of Sandpoint is seeking public input on housing and neighborhoods, hosting a …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As it continues to move forward on the Comprehensive Plan update, the city of Sandpoint is seeking public input on housing and neighborhoods, hosting a …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
For 25 years, Kinderhaven served as a physical haven, sheltering local kids in need as they outnumbered available foster homes. That changed in May, when …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
District 1 Idaho Senate candidate Scott Herndon, who won the Republican nomination over incumbent two-term Sen. Jim Woodward in May, has filed a complaint with …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
First District Court Judge Cynthia K.C. Meyer remanded the vacation of Camp Bay Road back to the Bonner County Commissioners for a second time on …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Area dog owners are getting closer to having a space in south Sandpoint to run their animals off-leash, with the city of Sandpoint moving forward …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Members of the Sandpoint City Council heard a presentation at their regular meeting Sept. 21 on a unique way of determining the design of redevelopment …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
A legal firm representing development company M3 ID Camp Bay, LLC sent a cease and desist letter dated Sept. 2 to lawyers representing Fred and …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Kaniksu Land Trust temporarily closed several trails at Pine Street Woods on Aug. 15 after mountain bikers reported seeing a dead deer near the Crooked …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Sticker shock is a natural reaction upon first seeing the proposed Bonner County budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which features a jump from $62 …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The city of Sandpoint is proposing a fiscal year 2023 budget of $49,655,545 — up from $40,597,539 in FY 2022 — with the single biggest …
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