Remembering Mr. Miller
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff It’s a weird confession to make, but I love politics and, by extension, am often fond of politicians. It’s fashionable to ignore both at best and proudly despise them at...
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‘We all took these trees for granted’
By Jane FritzReader Contributor For 48 years, every time I drove east down Oak Street in Sandpoint, I thanked the resplendent heritage Norway maple on the corner of Fourth Avenue for its remarkable beauty...
City Hall delays putting 1% local option tax on the ballot until Nov. election
Proposal would have put money toward sewer plant, roads, but more info needed By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The proposal to float a 1% local option sales tax past Sandpoint voters in the May 19...
Sandpoint City Hall considering local option tax for May 2026 ballot
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The city of Sandpoint is exploring the possibility of putting a new local option tax on the May election ballot, looking at a range of potential funding areas and gearing...
Why clean water infrastructure matters more than tax cuts
By Sandpoint Mayor Jeremy GrimmReader Contributor At both the state and federal levels, leaders frequently emphasize affordability, economic growth and the importance of letting hard work pay off. Those goals are broadly shared. Yet...
Sandpoint council tackles lot size minimums, short-term rental regulation
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Sandpoint city councilors made two votes Jan. 21 that will affect future land use and development patterns within city limits — both related to housing, which is widely regarded as...
‘To be or not to be’
Thoughts on the Sandpoint city administrator position By Carrie LoganReader Contributor This Shakespearean quote seems appropriate, given the renewed discussion about whether or not to add a city administrator position to the city payroll....
2025 YEAR IN REVIEW
Recapping some of the biggest headlines of the year… pray for us By Zach HagadoneReader Staff At the end of the introductory paragraph in the 2024 “Year in Review,” we congratulated Reader readers on...
City Hall to host workshop on City Beach RV park concepts
Survey also active to gauge preferred priorities By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Area residents will have the chance to weigh in on how they wish to see the publicly owned RV park property at City...
The miseducation of (half) a City Council
By Ammi MidstokkeReader Staff Like many of you, I sat through hours of testimony at the Nov. 19 meeting of the Sandpoint City Council. It was heartbreaking, exhausting, infuriating and embarrassing. At each claim...
