Judge declines to block Priest Lake appraisals

SANDPOINT — A 1st District judge declined Friday to grant a preliminary injunction to stop the state from using the latest round of appraisals to set cottage site lease payments at Priest Lake.

A group of more than 70 cottage site lessees sued to state in April to bar it from using appraisals developed by Hall-Widdoss & Co. The Idaho Department of Lands board sought to use the appraisals to set lease payments, minimum bids and establish the value of lessees’ improvements to the cottage sites.

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