By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Legal wrangling over the controversial silicon smelter plant proposed in Newport, Wash. is entering another phase, as opponents filed an appeal July 24 with the Division III Court of...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Commissioners unanimously approved a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) voicing the board’s opposition to the Kalispel Tribe of Indians’ request for a Class 1 Airshed...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Opponents of the proposed Newport smelter are seeking speedy resolution to a court battle over the legality of land sale that supplied property for the controversial facility. A coalition...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Two leading organizations in opposition to the proposed Newport smelter are calling for the recusal of a Pend Oreille County commissioner on any decision related to public land use....
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor Hundreds of people turned out to raise heartfelt, serious questions about plans for a silicon smelter in Newport Wednesday evening, challenging Washington State regulators to justify permitting a project...
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,...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Love your home planet? Yeah, me too. If you’d like to show some love back to this rock we call home, local nonprofit 350Sandpoint.org will be hosting an event...
