Sandpoint News

Officials in the northern Idaho city of Sandpoint are considering removing a section of an ordinance concerning sidewalk snow removal because some say it's too harsh.

Following last week's public works committee meeting, Sandpoint city council members are in consideration to remove Section B of the city snow removal code, which has been described by councilwoman Carrie Logan as being just plain "onerous." The code currently states that homeowners are responsible for maintaining the sidewalks along their ... (more)

SANDPOINT, Idaho-- A North Idaho couple is doing their part to starving in parts of Africa.

An abstract art structure put up at the Bonner County Courthouse in northern Idaho a decade ago as a counterbalance to an Aryan Nations plan to parade through Sandpoint is slated to be removed.

Mitchell was the head football coach at Sandpoint High School in Sandpoint, Idaho.

The Idaho Transportation Department is in the final stages of acquiring the Trestle Creek Inn building and plans to demolish the longtime night club near Hope, Idaho, to make way for highway improvements, says Barbara Babic, ITD spokeswoman.

The local family owned and operated business, which has been serving Sandpoint since 1978, has received a special honor from the Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce, who recognized them as the business of the month for January.

Arguably the world's most successful alpaca breeder, Snowmass Alpacas, is set to sell some of their key breeding stock that made them so successful, along with a selection of their 2012 show string animals.

If you were planning on travelling to or from Sandpoint along the highway this weekend, you might have heard about or witnessed the accident scene yourself.

SANDPOINT, Idaho &#8212 Bank holding company Intermountain Community Bancorp said Sunday that it expects to raise $47.3 million in capital through a stock sale and use the funds to bolster the balance sheet of subsidiary Panhandle State Bank.

It ain't easy jettisoning public art devoted to tolerance. But the Bonner County commissioners are trying.

The Hoot Owl is a North Idaho highwayside cafe dating from about "30-40 years ago" according to our waitress, although the building has been there since 1942 and was a drive-in in it's previous incarnation.