‘I want to create a neighborhood’
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
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
Local law enforcement officials have identified the man whose remains were pulled from the water June 7 at Sandpoint City Beach as Gary Bonser, 40, …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When Schweitzer announced its Hemlock House employee housing project in Sandpoint last December, mountain officials hinted that there were “bigger projects” in the works. That …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Culver’s Crossing affordable housing project cleared its first, though crucial, hurdle April 5, when members of the Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The city of Sandpoint received an unprecedented gift March 16: $7.5 million from the family of James “Jim” Russell to design and construct a new …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
One of my favorite times to walk around downtown Sandpoint is “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning,” as Frank Sinatra put it. All …
By Sophie Poldermans
Special to the Reader
My brain foggy from lack of sleep, jet lagged, mixed with a jolt of excitement and curiosity, I stared out the window of …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
In the sitcom Parks and Recreation, the director Ron Swanson is a deadpan libertarian who believes so much in small government that he wishes …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint Planning and Zoning commissioners voted 4-2 to recommend approval of a 13-unit multi-family residential development Dec. 7, but not before hearing opposition from West …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
My mid-20s were some of the brokest years of my life. When my college roommate called one day to tell me he was getting married …
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