By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Calling it “probably the most difficult decision I’ve made in four years, and I think it is too for this council,” Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad …
By Reader Staff
In case you missed it, we’re facing down an election on Tuesday, Nov. 5, and the slate of 2019 candidates for office in Sandpoint has been confirmed.…
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Sandpoint City Council took up a number of old business items Sept. 18, chief among them pushback to a recent decision by the U.S. …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’ll be an eventful election season, as Tuesday, Nov. 5 marks the date when Idaho voters cast their ballots for city council members, mayors, school …
By Shannon Williamson
Reader Contributor
The city of Sandpoint is one of a kind. I would like to say that we have it all here. That wouldn’t necessarily be true, …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The city of Sandpoint, along with Colorado-based open spaces consultants GreenPlay and landscape architectural firm Bernardo Wills Architects, hosted a full-day open house and public …
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
In this month’s addition I’d like to share with you a few highlights of the city’s proposed budget for 2020. The budget is the …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint City Council members unanimously voted July 17 to approve the rezone of 8.5 acres of property northwest of the Sandpoint Airport, bringing to a …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Sandpoint City Council approved a request last week to rezone part of a property near Sandpoint Airport from Industrial Technical Park to Residential Single Family.…
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The city of Sandpoint’s plan for Canada geese management has escalated into a full-blown controversy.
Opponents filled the Sandpoint City Council public comment period Wednesday …
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