By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Ponderay City Council held its regular meeting May 18, during which the board heard Avista Utilities’ application for a special use permit to build a public utility complex near...
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Ponderay City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, May 18 to discuss Avista Utilities’ application for a special use permit to build a public utility complex near the...
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The National Weather Service issued a high winds warning Dec. 16 for the Northwest and Northern Central Rockies, anticipating gusts of 50-70 mph through the following day. Bonner and Boundary...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners confirmed a $564,108.71 payment to Avista Utilities during the Jan. 14 business meeting, following the 2023 ruling by the Idaho Supreme Court in...
By Jennifer Ekstrom Reader Contributor Heading home from the gorgeous views at Lunch Peak a few weeks ago, with a full bucket of huckleberries that were bursting with juicy goodness, I couldn’t imagine the...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Idaho Department of Lands Director Dustin Miller handed down a decision Oct. 27 approving the Idaho Club’s request for an encroachment permit for its 105-slip North Lake community dock...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Avista Utilities customers in Idaho can perhaps ease back on worries about winter-time energy bills, as the Spokane-based power company announced Oct. 11 that it has reached a settlement...
By Reader Staff The osprey pair at Sandpoint’s Memorial Field, dubbed “Sandy and Pete,” have returned from winter migration — and the avian stars already putting on a show as they build their nest...
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...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Coal has become an emblem of America’s divided culture. President Donald Trump wields the fossil fuel as a symbol of the forgotten working-class man. But for environmental progressives, the...
