What’s on the May 20 ballot, and what’s not
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Bonner County voters have an election to participate in on Tuesday, May 20, but not everyone will have something on the ballot. In fact, it may be confusing for...
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Public recycling bins set to debut
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint City Councilor Pam Duquette is preparing to roll out a pilot project providing a dozen recycling bins to locations ranging from City Beach to the downtown core, Farmin...
‘Farmin Flats’ development — now doubled in size — will have to undergo name change
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The proposed Farmin Flats multi-family apartment project on Church Street will have to change its name, after members of the Farmin family — which is among the most important...
‘I’m just not comfortable crossing the border right now’
By Ben Olson and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Vehicles bearing license plates from Canadian provinces are a familiar sight in North Idaho, especially during the summer tourist season. Neighbors on both sides of the...
Sandpoint P&Z reviews draft parking management plan
By Zach Hagadon Reader Staff Proposed changes to parking management in downtown Sandpoint again went before members of the Planning and Zoning Commission at their April 15 meeting, where Community Planning and Development Director...
Big talk
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff One of the unexpected benefits of living through what may be the wholesale collapse of the United States’ civil, political and economic life is that conversations are seldom dull...
Proposed downtown apartment development riles some residents over parking exemption
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A proposed mixed-use development on Church Street would bring 48 one-bedroom and studio apartment units and 618 square feet of commercial space to downtown, but no required parking —...
Plea amended to guilty of second-degree arson in July 4 Army Surplus fire
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Sandpoint woman charged with setting a fire on July 4, 2024 that leveled the Army Surplus 1 store on Fifth Avenue and Oak Street has amended her plea...
Lifestyles of the rich and worthless
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Most sources credit Jean-Jacques Rousseau with writing, “When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich.” No one knows for certain whether he actually...
New Census data shows in-migration drove 1.5% population increase statewide
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Bonner County was among the 12 counties in Idaho to outpace the state’s overall growth rate of 1.5% last year, adding 1,246 residents between July 2023 and July 2024...
