Rathdrum Star: Batch Plant Plan Isn’t Popular

A proposed zoning change and request to build an asphalt batch plant could pit neighbor vs. neighbor in a rural Rathdrum subdivision. Last month, Kootenai County Planning Department hearing examiner recommended denial of a request by Coeur d’Alene Paving to swap the zoning, from agriculture to mining, on two 20-acre parcels of land in the Stepping Stone subdivision just north of Highway 53 between Ramsey and Atlas roads. The move would open the door to construction of the asphalt batch plant along the highway right-of-way instead of on a 30-acre plot further south inside the subdivision/Dave Turner, Rathdrum Star. More here (pdf)

Also in today’s Rathdrum Star : Merritt Park project back before council, Vandals destroy irreplaceable jail artifacts, and Community supports Greg Hyatt family.