City opening bids for Memorial Field project
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff While the project to remake War Memorial Field has been a local conversation point for months, it hasn’t yet made the leap from the drawing board into reality. The...
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‘Like coming back to an old friend’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s not often that “surreal” is a good word to use when describing a dining experience. That said, there are only a few better ways of capturing the feeling...
Here We Have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Education funding The powerful Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee unanimously approved a budget for Idaho public schools March 3, amounting to $1.977 billion in fiscal year 2021 state funding. Representing almost...
City, contractor to host public info session on renewed downtown street construction
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s almost the beginning of construction season in Sandpoint, and that means work on Phase II of the Downtown Revitalization Project is about to ramp up once more. Contractor...
LPOSD levy challenge moves forward
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A ruling is due within 30 days — and may come as early as next week — in the case against Lake Pend Oreille School District challenging the results...
The Renaissandlersance
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Watch Adam Sandler on the Dec. 17, 2019 edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, when the 53-year-old funnyman talks about his surprise critical smash turn in Uncut Gems, and you’ll...
Primary primer: How to navigate the 2020 primary elections
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Bonner County Elections supervisor Charlie Wurm is gearing up for “three days of craziness here,” as voters prepare to head to the polls Tuesday, March 10 for the first...
Here We Have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Teacher salaries A major piece of Idaho education legislation took its first step forward Feb. 26, as the House Education Committee unanimously voted to advance House Bill 523 with...
Judge denies county motion to halt Festival gun suit
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Kootenai County District Court Judge Lansing L. Haynes denied a motion Feb. 25 from Bonner County to stay its lawsuit against the city of Sandpoint, which challenges the Festival...
High hopes on the slopes
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Some films draw their juice from a stellar ensemble cast. For others, it’s a killer premise. For some, like the 2019 rom-com Olympic Dreams, the setting makes the movie....
