From spooky to simply fun
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Scary Reader Staff Whether you celebrate the spooky season with gore or chocolate — maybe both? — there’s a local Halloween event with your name on it. Here are just a few:...
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Herndon blames ID Democrats for alleged campaign sign vandalism
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff District 1 Idaho Senate candidate Scott Herndon, who won the Republican nomination over incumbent two-term Sen. Jim Woodward in May, has filed a complaint with the Bonner County Sheriff’s...
Camp Bay Road decision will go back to Bonner Co.
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff First District Court Judge Cynthia K.C. Meyer remanded the vacation of Camp Bay Road back to the Bonner County Commissioners for a second time on Sept. 20, ruling that...
Sand Creek Regatta is what being a ‘local’ is all about
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Each September for the past couple years, Sandpoint has come alive with local spirit at the Sand Creek Regatta. Usually under a drizzling rain, Sandpoint locals gather with truckloads...
Embrace the shoulder season… while we still can
By Ben Olson Reader Staff You hear it in conversations at bars and restaurants all over town. Locals complain to one another about the summer tourist struggles but, when someone brings up September, their...
Sandpoint to present proposed $49.6 million budget for FY 2023
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The city of Sandpoint is proposing a fiscal year 2023 budget of $49,655,545 — up from $40,597,539 in FY 2022 — with the single biggest increase coming in the...
BoCo accepts campground extension grant despite sheriff pushback
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously Aug. 2 to accept grant funding from the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation to expand the RV campground at the Bonner County Fairgrounds....
Bonner County signs updated contracts with Davillier Law Group
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously July 12 to approve two new retainer agreements with Davillier Law Group, approving increased hourly rates in order for the firm to...
‘Off the charts’
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 Portland, Ore.-based Leland Consulting...
‘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 affordable housing development for...
