By Reader Staff One individual lost their life and another was critically injured after a Feb. 15 house fire on Gold Mountain Drive in Sagle. According to a Feb. 17 news release, Selkirk Fire,...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff First responders with Selkirk Fire & Rescue battled a blaze May 27 that grew to include multiple structures and vehicles, as well as about five acres of vegetation, triggering...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Bonner County board of commissioners, which serves as the Ambulance Service District Board, voted April 9 to raise and add fees for emergency services to account for inflation...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Bonner County EMS is facing a financial mess following the move to the newly finished Station 1 building, leaving the ambulance district $2 million short in its current budget...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously Jan. 11 to pass a resolution putting a stop to spending American Rescue Plan Act funds, sparking satisfaction among a vocal group of constituents...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County Emergency Medical Services Chief Jeff Lindsey obtained approval from county commissioners Sept. 21 to transfer funds from the county’s American Rescue Plan Act trust account for both...
By Reader Staff The community is mourning a 7-year-old boy who drowned during the afternoon of Aug. 4 in a stretch of Sand Creek between Sandpoint and Ponderay. Emergency crews responded to the...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Bonner County Fire Chiefs Association hosted a series of presentations last week to share its findings from months of research on how to improve Bonner County Emergency Management...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Emergency Management Services is pursuing grant funding for a mobile phone alert system designed to speed CPR-certified citizens to the scene of nearby emergencies while first responders...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Commissioners are putting the brakes on restructuring the county’s Emergency Management Services. Since news broke in December that the BOCC was considering a major shift in EMS...
