Fires blaze close to home
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The July 27 lightning storm started 93 fires across the Coeur d’Alene Interagency Dispatch Zone, with 11 growing to be greater than five acres, totaling around 1,500 acres, the...
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Cougar Fire estimated 700 acres Monday, slowly growing
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Cougar Fire, located five miles east of Hope and just north of Porcupine Lake, is an estimated 700 acres as of Monday and continuing to burn in rugged...
Wasterwater plant site to stay put
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The Sandpoint wastewater treatment plant will remain at its existing location following a City Council decision Wednesday. Seeking to implement upgrades — and the resultant utility fee increases —...
Festival introduces security line, SPOT route
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Festival at Sandpoint officials are hoping to make 2018 the safest and most convenient festival year to date. This year, event organizers are introducing security screenings to better ensure...
Court dismisses appeal in Riley case
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal by the city of Sandpoint last week seeking protection for the Sandpoint police officers involved in the 2014 Jeanetta Riley...
Northside Fire assists BCSO in river rescue
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Northside Fire is receiving some serious kudos from the Bonner County Sheriff’s Department after assisting them in rescuing some stranded river floaters nearly 50 miles outside of the fire...
Activists appeal second rail bridge permit
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Wild Idaho Rising Tide, an environmental activist organization, is challenging a state permit issued to BNSF’s proposed rail bridge expansion. Filed in the First Judicial District Court of Idaho...
Fires start across region following lightning storm
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Idaho Panhandle National Forests reported a handful of regional fires Tuesday, citing last week’s lightning storm as the cause of most recent fires. The Cougar Fire, a 100-acre...
Is there a rental crisis in Sandpoint?
By Cameron Rasmusson and McCalee Cain Reader Staff and Intern Growing pains are inevitable, but some hurt more than others. For Sandpoint, housing has been a persistent source of pressure as growing businesses attract new...
Draft decision issued on Boulder Creek Restoration Project
By Reader Staff Jeanne Higgins, Forest Supervisor for the Idaho Panhandle National Forests, has issued a Draft Decision and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Boulder Creek Restoration Project located on the Bonners...
