Man sentenced in deputy shooting
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A man convicted of shooting two Bonner County sheriff’s deputies was sentenced this week to 50 years in prison.
KREM 2 News reports that Adam …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A man convicted of shooting two Bonner County sheriff’s deputies was sentenced this week to 50 years in prison.
KREM 2 News reports that Adam …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office is facing a lawsuit from the widow of a man fatally shot by deputies last year.
The Idaho Statesman reports …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The Schweitzer Cutoff Roundabout will get an aesthetic upgrade by next June following the city’s recent approval of a public art proposal.
The approved artwork, …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Kootenai County Prosecuting Attorney Barry McHugh announced this week that Sandpoint Police officers Michael Hutter and Eric Clark used appropriate force in a March shooting.…
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents to be wary of calls claiming to be from one of its deputies.
According to a sheriff’s …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Football legend Jerry Kramer received a hero’s welcome at Sandpoint High School Friday in a visit honoring his induction into the Pro Football Hall of …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
To Lester J. Krause, the 20 acres he owns adjacent to the Pine Street Woods project isn’t just land — it’s a legacy.
It’s land …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
With Lost in the ‘50s and Memorial Day weekend in the rearview mirror, the city is moving forward on a few of its long-planned construction …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The noise and disruption of a major construction project wasn’t enough to keep Sandpoint residents away from the library. Even so, staff and patrons alike …
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