City Hall pay talks end with five percent across the board
City employees received a five percent across the board raise retroactive to November 1 with department heads also authorized to grant up to five percent merit raises after January 1. Budget constraints and revenue limits were cited as reasons not to pursue larger yearly raises, prompting mixed reactions from police fire and public works leaders.
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Brian Moe
Bee
Swith
Public Works
Jack ‘Leckner
Wade Brown
Larry Sterling
Council
J.C
Bud” Benoit
Employees Board
Benoit
Sterling
City
Dave Easton
Easton
Dave
Willard Peale
Public Works Department
Harold Huff
Peale
Ken Lunde
Lunde
Brown
Police Department
Laclede Water Bonds Vote Delayed While Count Begins
Fifty one voters cast ballots in Laclede to decide a 230000 revenue bond issue for water system improvements. The clerk said counts would be completed this evening as the board meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Laclede Community Center to canvass results. A simple majority is needed for approval.
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Laclede
Ruby Wiley
Aha cd Thethtatte- Board of ‘Directors
Comprehensive Plan Hearing Tonight Before City Council
Public invited to comment at 7 30 tonight in City Hall council chambers on the proposed Sandpoint comprehensive plan. The Planning and Zoning Commission will provide recommendations on the plan and potential annexations at a meeting next Tuesday at 10 am.
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City Hall
P&z
Cw Op LM
Rural co-ops face higher expenses than urban utilities
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association reports rural cooperatives charge 12 to 16 percent more than the utilities average. A survey of about 1000 coops serving 2% million people shows a typical 750 kWh month bill of 29.85 dollars vs 26.78 for urban utilities, with more coops charging above average across multiple usage brackets.
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Washington
UPI
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Robert Nelson
NRECA
Amtrak Trains Resume Service After Boise Derailment
Amtrak trains resumed service through southern Idaho after a freight derailment near Boise blocked tracks for about 12 hours. Twenty cars of a 74 car freight train left the Orchard switching station east of Boise, according to a spokesman. The outage coincided with a White House budget review on rural electrification subsidies, highlighting higher costs for rural cooperatives versus investor‑owned utilities.
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Boise
Amtrak
Southern Idaho
Orchard
Nelson
White House
Office of Management and Budget
Holiday Closures Across Sandpoint Institutions
Thanksgiving closures affect City Hall offices and many city services. City offices close Thursday and Friday, Bonner County Courthouse Post Offices banks schools and most businesses also close. The Daily Bee suspends Thursday edition and resumes Friday.
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Sandpoint
Bonner County
Daily. Bee
Thanksgiving Traditions Predate Pilgrims Timeline
TERRE HAUTE Ind. A university historian argues the first Thanksgiving did not start with the Pilgrims In ancient Egypt Mesopotamia and Greece harvest rites shaped observances far earlier He notes three Virginia thanksgiving days existed before 1620 Plymouth Rock is mythologized and the 1621 feast likely included 130 to 140 people with Indians and settlers The article urges gratitude amid a backdrop of debate over historical accuracy.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indian State University
Donald Scheick
New World
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Greece
England
Virginia
Massachusetts Bay
Plymouth
Scheick
New England
Plymouth Rock
Lines Runs for Highway Board Seat in Sandpoint
Bert Lines seeks the Sandpoint Highway District Ward 3 seat after placing third in the November city election. He runs with Arch ie Yager who faces George Harper in Ward 1 as petitions to run close in two days. The district, separate from Sandpoint city government, plans a Dec 5 election for two of three posts.
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Bert Lines
Sandpoint
Superior
George Harper
Olive
Yager
Harper
Lines
Highway District
the Bee
Lake St
Lake
Cedar Streets
Cedar St
Frank Evans
Evergreen Ford Co
Fourth
Cedar
Evans
Merv Bergstrom
LD. McFarland Co
Ward 1
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Jack Leckner
Bonners Ferry
Priest River
Laclede Water
Aure Eds
Tressie Winger
Algoma Spur Road
Sagle
Cindy Marquette
Highway Board
Bert
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