Sandpoint City Council schedules workshop on transit plan
Reader Staff
The high-profile U.S. Highway 2 redevelopment concept — often referred to as “the Couplet” — will go before the City Council as an informational workshop Wednesday, March 15, …
Reader Staff
The high-profile U.S. Highway 2 redevelopment concept — often referred to as “the Couplet” — will go before the City Council as an informational workshop Wednesday, March 15, …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint’s downtown design competition is officially on, after City Council members voted unanimously Feb. 15 to invite eligible teams to submit their proposals.
The new …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Despite being slated as an executive session item to be discussed at the end of a packed agenda, Bonner County commissioners at their business meeting …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously Dec. 21 to adopt updates to the Bonner County Comprehensive Plan’s Goals, Objectives and Policies document while facing concerns about …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint city councilors unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding Nov. 16 with the Sandpoint Urban Renewal Agency to pursue redevelopment of the downtown surface parking …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint residents will be asked at the polls Nov. 8 whether they support increasing the local option tax on short-term lodging from 7% to 14% …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The fourth phase of the University Place development went before the Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission at its regular meeting Sept. 20, with commissioners voting …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint City Council members gathered with Planning and Zoning commissioners for a joint workshop July 12, during which they parsed through an in-depth report from …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Members of the Sandpoint City Council voted unanimously July 6 to approve the final development plan and preliminary plat for Culver’s Crossing — a first-of-its-kind …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Eight days after the mass shooting May 24 at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which left 19 students and two teachers dead, as well …
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