Litehouse announces sales growth
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The past year has been good to Litehouse, Inc. The Sandpoint-based company announced this week it experienced a nearly 18-percent increase in net sales last year, and its share...
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Resident opens fire at senior home
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff No one was hurt in a gunfire incident at Huckleberry Retirement in which a resident of elderly care facility fired a pistol at a staffer. Officers from the Sandpoint...
Trade war targets iconic Idaho potatoes
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff As the centerpiece of state’s agricultural industry, the Idaho potato is iconic. For many Americans, it’s Idaho’s only notable characteristic, a source of annoyance for locals and tourists who...
Boaters: It’s a big year for debris
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Sheriff’s Deputy Rob Danno can describe this year’s waterway debris situation in a single word: “Problematic.” “There’s an unusual amount of debris in the water right now,”...
Avista merger hearing draws mostly opposition
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Reasons not to support the merger between Avista Utilities and Canada-based Hydro One dominated the Idaho Public Utility Commission’s public hearing Wednesday evening. PUC commissioners Paul Kjellander and Eric...
Fire breaks out at Newport apartment complex
By Ben Olson Reader Staff A Newport apartment complex caught fire on Friday afternoon and was extinguished after several hours of suppression by volunteer firefighters from a half dozen different agencies. Newport volunteer fire...
Local groups file lawsuit over Newport Smelter land sale
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Two citizen groups have filed a lawsuit in regard to the sale of land from Pend Oreille County and the Pend Oreille Public Utility District (PUD) to HiTest Sand,...
Reeder Bay Campground closed for season
By Reader Staff The Reeder Bay Campground, located on the Priest Lake Ranger District of the Idaho Panhandle National Forests will be closed for the 2018 camping season while the campground is upgraded to...
Electric vehicle charger to be installed downtown next week
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The city of Sandpoint will install an electric vehicle charger, capable of charging two cars at once, in downtown Sandpoint next week. City Administrator Jennifer Stapleton said the station...
June weather to determine fire season
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Predicting nature may ultimately be a fool’s errand, but being prepared for whatever Mother Nature throws at us — especially when it comes to fire season — is something...
