2015 fire season biggest since 1926
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Though the 2015 fire season is hardly over, the cool weather and precipitation of late has given us reason to breathe a little easier. The …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Though the 2015 fire season is hardly over, the cool weather and precipitation of late has given us reason to breathe a little easier. The …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Fire season continues to impact everyone’s summer, but this week, even in-town residents felt the burn.
There’s the smoke that still permeates the air, sure. …
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Contributor
That June, while we were away in Colorado on wildland fire assignments, it rained five inches in Sandpoint. We returned home one evening, late …
Story by Cameron Rasmusson
Photos by Ben Olson
Reader Staff
There’s nothing like a crisis to show the true nature of a community, and the Cape Horn Fire is no …
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