By Zach HagadoneReader Staff A bill to dramatically reduce the powers of counties and cities to regulate short-term rentals cleared the Idaho House Business Committee following a hearing Feb. 9, where legislators decided with...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Sandpoint city councilors made two votes Jan. 21 that will affect future land use and development patterns within city limits — both related to housing, which is widely regarded as...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff In its first meeting of 2026 — and including newcomers Joe Tate and Joshua Torrez — the Sandpoint City Council made what Mayor Jeremy Grimm called “one of the most...
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Center for Biological Diversity and the Idaho Conservation League filed suit Dec. 18 against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Army Corps of Engineers, challenging their permit approvals...
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff After extending its Dec. 17 meeting due to high winds, the Bonner County board of commissioners met Dec. 18 to unanimously approve the preliminary plat for the proposed Deerfield subdivision...
Rule change intended to get ahead of potential lawsuit, comes amid likely state legislation By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Changes to Sandpoint’s ordinance regulating short-term rentals will move forward, after members of the Planning and...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission deferred a recommendation to the City Council on proposed changes to an ordinance regulating short-term rentals, voting at its Nov. 18 regular meeting to...
Push for deregulation coming from Idaho legislators and lawsuit threats By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Big changes are in store for how the city of Sandpoint regulates short-term rentals — or doesn’t regulate them —...
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Reconvening after continuing its Aug. 14 meeting, the Bonner County board of commissioners met Sept. 9 to discuss the preliminary plat for the proposed Deerfield Subdivision. After nearly three hours...
By Ben OlsonReader Staff If you noticed some pigs flying by your living room window earlier this summer, the sun rising in the west and a fine frosty crust settling over Hell, don’t worry;...
