Train derails south of Cocolalla Lake
By Ben Olson Reader Staff *UPDATED* A train derailed Monday morning south of Cocolalla Lake, directly in front of Valley Vista ranch adjacent to Highway 95. The crash was reported around 6 a.m. and...
Category: News in Brief
The Forest for the Trees:
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Trump administration announced Monday it would enact up to 24 percent tariffs on lumber shipped into the United States. The tariffs come after President Trump’s continued election campaign...
Cedar Street design approved
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A vision of Cedar Street under the city’s planned downtown revitalization project is beginning to take shape. The Sandpoint City Council approved a plan for Cedar Street between Fifth...
7b Drug Free presents Reality Party
By Reader Staff Teenagers today face increasingly dangerous situations at parties, no matter where they live. Bonner County is not exception. In an effort to increase parental awareness and to initiate dialogues with their...
McKiernan steps down as Daily Bee publisher
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Last week, Jim McKiernan stepped down as publisher of the Bonner County Daily Bee, Priest River Times and Bonners Ferry Herald. The circumstances of the departure are still unclear....
Candidate events line up in school board election
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff With the May 16 election for Lake Pend Oreille School Board shaping up to be the most heated in years, several candidate events are lining up to help inform...
BNSF to build second railroad bridge over Lake Pend Oreille
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Pending government approvals, BNSF Railway plans to move forward with a second bridge across Lake Pend Oreille. Company officials announced this week that design and engineering for the project...
The shape of things to come
By Cort Gifford Reader Contributor Gannon Reynolds, project supervisor for the War Memorial Field bleacher project is a busy guy. When cornered for a quick synopsis of what’s happened in the last few weeks,...
NAMI Far North meeting scheduled
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The NAMI Far North (National Alliance on Mental Illness) regular monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 15, at 5:30 p.m. in the old Bonner General Health classroom,...
Students spearhead bus shelter construction
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Both education and community improvement are on the table with the Eureka Institute’s latest project. The local nonprofit, which encourages personal growth and learning through educational, experiential and recreational...
