Lake Pend Oreille on the rise
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced April 1 that Lake Pend Oreille would gradually rise about a foot over the following week, officially marking the start of the...
Category: News in Brief
‘The silver tsunami’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint City Council members received an update on the longtime, ongoing, Multi-Modal Master Plan, which seeks to lay the foundation for at least the next few decades’ growth in...
Here We Have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Lawmakers in Boise gaveled back into session April 6 after an 18-day recess prompted by an outbreak of COVID-19 among a number legislators and staffers; yet, according to multiple...
Governor takes strong stance against ‘vaccine passports’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Idaho Gov. Brad Little presented a strong stance against so-called “vaccine passports” during a live announcement April 7, sharing that he’d be signing an executive order “banning any state...
Spring prescribed burning to begin across Idaho Panhandle National Forests
By Reader Staff Officials are eyeing the weather forecast for the coming weeks to provide prescribed burning opportunities across the Idaho Panhandle National Forests. Multiple prescribed burning projects are planned this spring, although the...
ID Supreme Court stands by asphalt plant ruling
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When the Idaho Supreme Court appealed a District Court ruling March 22, effectively voiding the conditional use permit for an asphalt batch plant in Sagle, Bonner County Commissioner Dan...
Fish and Game postpones meetings, but announces hunting apps and fish stocks
By Reader Staff The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has canceled telephone conference calls scheduled for Thursdays, April 1 and April 15. The April 1 call was to discuss pending legislation, but the Idaho...
Festival to host first-ever virtual fundraiser auction
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint is swinging into the 2021 season with a virtual wine auction, slated to run Monday, April 12 until Saturday, April 17. Owing to the ongoing...
KNPS hosts educational presentation by KLT
By Reader Staff The Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society program titled “Kaniksu Land Trust: Education and Conservation,” presented by Katie Egland Cox and Regan Plumb of the Kaniksu Land Trust, will take place Saturday, March...
Bits ‘n’ Pieces: March 25, 2021
By Lorraine H. Marie Reader Columnist East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling: A congressional remedy for digital inequalities would make broadband internet more...
