The flag flap is stupid
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff According to most sources, the first flag — as we would recognize it today — was hoisted somewhere in either what we call the Indian Subcontinent or China as...
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Early voting in May 20 election ends Friday
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The window for early voting in the Tuesday, May 20 election closes Friday, May 16, with ballots accepted until 5 p.m. at the Bonner County Elections Office (1500 Hwy....
Sandpoint City Hall formally opens new downtown parking lot
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Officials from City Hall, the Sandpoint Urban Renewal Agency, construction representatives and members of the public gathered May 13 to officially cut the ribbon at Sandpoint’s newly rebuilt downtown...
Sandpoint council approves proposed reduction to city’s area of impact
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Members of the Sandpoint City Council voted May 7 to approve a proposed adjustment to the city’s area of impact, reducing it from the current 12.3 square miles to...
Church Street multi-family development to go before P&Z
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The two-phase proposed apartment development at 413 and 417 Church St., in downtown Sandpoint, is taking an unorthodox path through the application process with a public review Tuesday, May...
Chief Armstrong presents argument in favor of local fire district levies
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff At the beginning of the Idaho Fireplace Forum, hosted May 3 by Dist. 1 Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint, and Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle, at the Sandpoint Community Hall, Selkirk...
Reader takes home 14 awards from Idaho Press Club
By Reader Staff The three full-time staff members of the Sandpoint Reader celebrated a winning night at the annual Idaho Press Club awards banquet May 3 in Boise, bringing home 14 honors, including second...
‘You vote for your district’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff District 1 Idaho lawmakers Jim Woodward and Mark Sauter hosted an end-of-session wrap-up and town hall May 3 at the Sandpoint Community Hall. Dubbed the Idaho Fireplace Forum, due...
Congressman Russ Fulcher sits down for a Reader interview
By Reader Staff Publisher’s note: Congressman Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, came to the Sandpoint Reader offices on April 23 for an interview, but we didn’t have enough space to run the full interview in the...
Farewell to Helen Newton, the definition of an authentic Sandpoint ‘local’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff One of Sandpoint’s truest champions passed away on April 25 — Helen Newton, aged 83, left us but she won’t be forgotten for her wit, humor and diligent intelligence,...
