Council approves final plat for Phase I of University Place subdivision
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
With no discussion or debate, the Sandpoint City Council at its Sept. 1 meeting approved the final plat for Phase I of the University Place …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
With no discussion or debate, the Sandpoint City Council at its Sept. 1 meeting approved the final plat for Phase I of the University Place …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint City Council members unanimously approved the fiscal year 2022 budget Aug. 18, appropriating nearly $40.6 million as well as the use of forgone levying …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As both regional and national headlines continue to pile up regarding the lack of affordable housing — especially in the Northwest — the recently formed …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint city staff presented a wide-ranging overview of the preliminary fiscal year 2022 budget to council members Aug. 4, including deep dives into several specific …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The city of Sandpoint is moving into its budget season after City Council members voted July 21 to adopt maximum preliminary expenditures of almost $40.6 …
By Reader Staff
The city of Sandpoint is accepting bids for a project to remove and reconstruct old sidewalks, as well as build new sidewalks, along the north side of …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint City Council members took up a trio of land use-related items during their July 7 regular meeting, including development of a little utilized piece …
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Discussion surrounding a resolution to ban the use of fireworks in Bonner County heading into the Independence Day weekend turned into a …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The 2021 Sandpoint Fourth of July will occur under the auspices of the Lions Club, as it has done — with one interruption, in 2020 …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint City Council members received an update on the longtime, ongoing, Multi-Modal Master Plan, which seeks to lay the foundation for at least the next …
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