Future of Lost in the ’50s in limbo
Reader Staff
A post in the Sandpoint Local Forum Facebook group on March 11 created a firestorm of concern over the future of the annual Sandpoint event Lost in the …
Tagged: sandpoint
In Italy, they bang on pots and pans to show solidarity. Let’s do the same here in Sandpoint
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The human spirit is a resilient, powerful thing. As more and more of us are coming to grips with what may be a long period …
Local restaurants, pubs feeling effects of coronavirus ‘cancel culture’
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Restaurants and bars in Sandpoint are facing a stark new reality under the new guidelines recently issued by the Trump administration to help stop the …
First coronavirus case reported in Idaho
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
*Updated 3:50 p.m.
Gov. Brad Little announced Friday at 3 p.m. that Idaho had reported its first positive test results for the coronavirus. Gov. Little …
City opening bids for Memorial Field project
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
While the project to remake War Memorial Field has been a local conversation point for months, it hasn’t yet made the leap from the drawing …
City, contractor to host public info session on renewed downtown street construction
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’s almost the beginning of construction season in Sandpoint, and that means work on Phase II of the Downtown Revitalization Project is about to ramp …
Judge denies county motion to halt Festival gun suit
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Kootenai County District Court Judge Lansing L. Haynes denied a motion Feb. 25 from Bonner County to stay its lawsuit against the city of Sandpoint, …
Full house
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Panida Board of Directors received some homework Feb. 19, as about 25 community members attended its monthly meeting — the most that Chairman Robert …
‘The saloon will never come back’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It is a well known fact that Sandpoint’s early history was rough and tumble. When researchers excavated the original townsite on the Sand Creek peninsula …
City, consultants hear public feedback on Memorial Field changes
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The city of Sandpoint and consultant firm Bernardo Wills Architects hosted a public workshop Nov. 25 on the future design of War Memorial Field.
The …
