Wind through a million needles
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Last week, the transition into fall was complete when I lit the first fire in our woodstove at home. After sitting idle for months, this hunk of inert metal came...
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Smith Creek Fire in Boundary County at 15% containment, with region under fire weather watch
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff While officials announced the Turner Fire was 100% contained as of July 25 — having burned about 681 acres five miles south of Copeland in Boundary County — the Upper...
Sunset, Lightning Creek fires increase containment
‘Go’ evacuation status lifted for Sunset fire, with some areas downgraded to ‘Set’ level By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Despite its swift and heavy growth after starting northeast of Athol on Aug. 13, the 3,230-acre...
State, local responders battle five-acre Laclede area fire
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff First responders with Selkirk Fire & Rescue battled a blaze May 27 that grew to include multiple structures and vehicles, as well as about five acres of vegetation, triggering...
Looking toward a more resilient Sandpoint
Katie Botkin Reader Contributor Los Angeles may be 1,200 miles away, but its wildfires still have many in Sandpoint asking “what if it happens here?” The Southern California fires are already on track to...
A ‘cozy’ fire?
By Todd Wendle Reader Contributor It was 8:30 p.m. on a Tuesday, in the low-40s and threatening rain. “Dear, what do you think about building us a fire in the fireplace? It would be...
Suspect in Army Surplus arson makes first appearance in court
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Fewer than two weeks after a fire destroyed the Army Surplus 1 store at Oak Street and Fifth Avenue during a dramatic July 4 blaze, Sandpoint police announced July...
The children just want to breathe
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff As fires rage in Idaho’s forests, the smoke hangs so thick sometimes in Sandpoint that its famous views take on a muted, ghostly pallor. Summer vacation, every kid’s dream,...
Mad About Science: Managing fire
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Fire has been humankind’s greatest ally and adversary for at least 300,000 years. It’s easy to believe that dousing a runaway flame with water will extinguish it, but this...
Fire investigation expected to last months
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Investigations continue into the fire that destroyed two historic downtown buildings and damaged another. According to Sandpoint City Administrator Jennifer Stapleton, fire marshals are focusing their efforts on the...
