Mosquito Creek Rd wildfire contained
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Last weekend’s above-average temperatures brought with them Bonner County’s first taste of fire season, as a burn pile on Mosquito Creek Road in Clark Fork …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Last weekend’s above-average temperatures brought with them Bonner County’s first taste of fire season, as a burn pile on Mosquito Creek Road in Clark Fork …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When Dustin Drennen says he’s about to tell you the “short version” of how he ended up as a musician and writer practicing his craft …
By Toni Kolb
Reader Contributor
I think back on my fluctuating childhood and smile. The ups and downs — it was a journey of memory making. I remember the seasons …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
A representative from Bonner County Veterans Service Office will be in Clark Fork from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to answer questions about current veterans’ …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Clark Fork Library is a staple of many east Bonner County kids’ childhoods, but none so much as for Vanessa Hood Birch (9) and …
By Jeff Emmer
Reader Staff
The Freedom 5K Fun Run (formerly the Haden’s Heart run) begins a day full of classic Fourth of July events in Clark Fork.
Featuring a …
By Reader Staff
Repair work on the Lightning Creek Road and Boulder Creek Road will begin June 25.
Heavy equipment has been moving into these areas and Noble Excavating, Inc., …
By Reader Staff
There will be a representative from the Bonner County Veterans Service Office visiting Clark Fork on Tuesday, June 19.
The representative will be on hand to answer …
By Reader Staff
The Western Federal Lands Highway Division is prepared to award the contract to repair the Lightning Creek flood damages in May. The repair work is expected to …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Following a meeting in January that mobilized opposition to Scotchman Peaks wilderness designation, the Clark Fork City Council has come out against the proposal.
Last …
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