Education: the road to prosperity
By Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
Last week the city co-hosted the first ever Manufacturer’s Summit here in Sandpoint. Roughly 40 business leaders from the region gathered with a few elected …
By Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
Last week the city co-hosted the first ever Manufacturer’s Summit here in Sandpoint. Roughly 40 business leaders from the region gathered with a few elected …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The greater Sandpoint region is inching closer to robust high-speed internet options following a series of actions by the Sandpoint City Council on Wednesday.
Sandpoint …
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
The city of Sandpoint is working to inform the public on its parking deal with Kaniksu Health Services.
Approved two weeks ago by council members, …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Downtown parking is about to get a lot more flexible.
Starting Aug. 1, three parking lots—the ITD parking lot west of Fifth Avenue, the downtown …
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 Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
If any symbolic figureheads have emerged in the local debate over refugee resettlement, they’re Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad and Bonner County Commissioner Glen Bailey.
Bailey …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Wednesday’s city council meeting saw several changes to Sandpoint’s city government, including a new mayor, a new council president and a farewell to a longtime …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
It’s been years since Sandpoint City Hall saw a turnout like this Wednesday. About 150 bodies packed the building for the debate over a proposed …
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 …
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