Lake level timeline announced
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Lake Pend Oreille will remain at summer pool through Sept. 18, after which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will start a gradual drawdown until …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Lake Pend Oreille will remain at summer pool through Sept. 18, after which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will start a gradual drawdown until …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started a controlled refill of Lake Pend Oreille at the beginning of April and is on track to have …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials visited Sandpoint Wednesday to share updates on operations at Albeni Falls Dam, but mostly to share a simple message: …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released their Master Plan for Albeni Falls Dam, as well as a draft environmental assessment to address …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers met at the Sandpoint Center Wednesday evening to give a presentation on the draft integrated Post-Authorization …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
Albeni Falls dam increased outflows from 13 kcfs (thousands of cubic feet per second) to 15 kcfs Tuesday morning according to an announcement that …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
As North Idaho winds its way into autumn, the draw-down of Lake Pend Oreille is scheduled to begin this month and advance in October.
According …
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