State of the city address
By Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
Happy belated new year to all of you readers. As mayor of the city of Sandpoint, I’d like to take this opportunity to give you …
By Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
Happy belated new year to all of you readers. As mayor of the city of Sandpoint, I’d like to take this opportunity to give you …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
All’s well that ends well for Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad, who is back home after undergoing surgery for a relatively minor spinal injury.
Rognstad sustained …
By Reader Staff
Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad is accepting resumes until Tuesday, Jan. 26 from registered voters residing within the Sandpoint City limits that are interested in serving on the …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Leave it to Carrie Logan to finish her mayoral term with a bang.
The Sandpoint mayor and former councilwoman had an eventful final City Council …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Shelby Rognstad is the mayor elect and Memorial Field is getting new grandstands after a city election characterized by high voter turnout.
The 1,788 Sandpoint …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Phones across Sandpoint started ringing Tuesday, delivering a recorded message attacking mayoral candidate Shelby Rognstad that many are calling racist, sexist and juvenile.
Both candidates …
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