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2 weeks ago | 
sandpointreader.com | Zach Hagadone
By Zach HagadoneReader StaffApparent simplicity belies deep meaning in the best stories, and the 2025 film Mickey 17, from writer-director Bong Joon-ho, is a puckish masterclass in the art of dramedy-sci fi-satire. Its premise is as seemingly basic as it is irresistible: What kind of life would a person live if they could die and be immediately 3-D printed back into existence, complete with all the memories of all those times they lived and died?
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2 weeks ago | 
sandpointreader.com | Zach Hagadone
By Zach HagadoneReader StaffAfter a three-hour meeting that included a public hearing May 20, members of the Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-2 to approve the multi-family housing development proposed on Church Street, albeit with conditions.
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2 weeks ago | 
sandpointreader.com | Zach Hagadone
By Zach HagadoneReader StaffBonner County voters went to the polls May 20 in an election that featured no candidates for local offices, but did include a number of taxing district levies — including in the West Bonner County School District and fire districts throughout the county.
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3 weeks ago | 
sandpointreader.com | Zach Hagadone |Ben Olson
By Zach HagadoneReader StaffAccording 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 early as the first millennium BCE. Historians debate, but it appears that the Zhou dynasty of present-day China sported a white flag carried before its founder, which was meant to identify his personal authority and carried with it the explicit demand to be treated with likewise respect.
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3 weeks ago | 
sandpointreader.com | Zach Hagadone
By Zach HagadoneReader StaffThe 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. 2, Suite 124, in Sandpoint). Voters will also have until 8 p.m. on May 20 to get their absentee ballots to the Elections Office, though the deadline has passed for requesting an absentee ballot. In-person voting will take place 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at designated polling places.
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3 weeks ago | 
sandpointreader.com | Zach Hagadone
By Zach HagadoneReader StaffOfficials 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 parking lot. Located between Church and Oak streets, and now accessible through a single entrance/exit on Third Avenue, the parking lot project began in earnest in early April with the goal of completing the work before Lost in the ’50s, which begins Thursday, May 15.
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3 weeks ago | 
sandpointreader.com | Zach Hagadone
By Zach HagadoneReader StaffThe 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 20 before the Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission. Fronted by Lindon, Utah-based OZ Sandpoint QOZB, LLC., the first phase would include a 47-foot-tall, four-story building with 48 one-bedroom and studio units and 618 square feet of commercial space at the street level.
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3 weeks ago | 
sandpointreader.com | Zach Hagadone
By Zach HagadoneReader StaffMembers 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 3.4 square miles. Council President Deb Ruehle, along with Councilors Joel Aispuro, Justin Dick, Pam Duquette and Kyle Schreiber, agreed to forward the proposal to the board of Bonner County commissioners, which will make the final decision on shrinking Sandpoint’s area of impact.
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1 month ago | 
sandpointreader.com | Zach Hagadone
By Zach HagadoneReader StaffDistrict 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 to the event being held before the hearth at the community hall, Sen. Woodward, R-Sagle, and Rep.
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1 month ago | 
sandpointreader.com | Zach Hagadone
By Zach HagadoneReader StaffAt 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 Fire Chief Jeff Armstrong made a case for why a suite of levies for area fire districts should be approved by voters in the Tuesday, May 20 election.
