By Ben Olson Reader Staff Here we go again. Record setting temperatures and snowpack levels that are half that of the normal average could possibly contribute to another elevated fire season in North Idaho....
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 smoky skies are now...
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. But the city also...
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 in the month, riding...
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 exception. When the blaze first...
