City Hall takes in updates on major projects
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Sandpoint City Council heard a number of updates on ongoing, big-ticket projects at its regular March 19 meeting, queuing up a busy season going …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Sandpoint City Council heard a number of updates on ongoing, big-ticket projects at its regular March 19 meeting, queuing up a busy season going …
By Reader Staff
As the city of Sandpoint continues the process of developing a new parking management plan, City Hall is asking for feedback on the state of public on-street …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The third phase of a long-running downtown revitalization project is entering its beginning stages, with Sandpoint Construction Manager Erik Bush and Public Works Director Holly …
By Reader Staff
As City Hall continues to move forward with the effort to reconstruct Sandpoint’s ailing wastewater treatment plant, the public is invited to a series of open houses, …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint City Hall moved the ball forward on the long-running effort to replace and rebuild the aged wastewater treatment plant, with approval at a Jan. …
By Reader Staff
Even if you’ve never read any of the works of 19th-century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, you’ve probably heard someone repeat his famous line: “A pessimist is an …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
We’ve been publishing the “Year in Review” for a while now, and every installment seems to get bigger and bigger. Maybe that’s because there’s always …
By Reader Staff
The city of Sandpoint is alerting community members to an apparent scam perpetrated on a local business that was told to pay a false invoice from the …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint residents recently received mailers outlining the details of a proposed 1% local option sales tax, which will appear on the Tuesday, Nov. 5 ballot. …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Big things are happening at Travers Park, as crews will pave the south parking lot located off of Pine Street. The work will run from …
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