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SANDPOINT — Bonner County commissioners effectively rejected an ordinance Wednesday that was drafted to protect surface water quality.

Commissioners Lewis Rich and Mike Nielsen deadlocked on whether to formally reject the ordinance, but ultimately agreed to remand the issue back to the Planning & Zoning Commission to develop a non-regulatory approach to surface water quality protections.

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DOVER — The new U.S. Highway 2 bridge is now open to the motoring public, although work is still continuing on the project.

“They’re still doing some paving out there and they have some other work, but they’ve moved traffic over onto the bridge,” said Barbara Babic, the Idaho Transportation Department’s Panhandle region spokeswoman.

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SANDPOINT — After voting to drop some subcommittee meetings last month, the City Council filled in the details to their revised structure plans last Wednesday.

Although it will likely be a couple months before the changes go into effect, council members are setting the groundwork for a revamped meeting structure. In April, members voted to eliminate the Administrative and Public Works committees, opting instead for two council meetings a month. At next month’s council meeting, City Attorney Scot Campbell will present an ordinance detailing the changes. The new structure will debut in July provided everything goes smoothly.  

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SAGLE — A young man was plucked from the Pend Oreille River late Friday night after he reportedly crashed his bicycle into a guardrail on the pedestrian side of the Long Bridge and went over the side of the span.

A passing motorist apparently saw the crash and called Bonner Dispatch, triggering an automatic mutual aid response from the Sagle Fire District and the Sandpoint Fire Department.

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SANDPOINT — The developers of a fly-in housing development at Sandpoint Airport are suing Bonner County, claiming unfair dealings and unequal treatment.

SilverWing at Sandpoint alleges county officials were not forthright about their intentions to relocate a runway and are trying to snuff a long-standing through-the-fence access agreement.

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