By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously June 21 to declare a local disaster emergency regarding possible flooding, effectively extending no wake zones on all county waterways to 500 feet. The...
By Reader Staff Recent heavy rainstorms combined with runoff into Lake Pend Oreille from above average snowpack has raised the flood risk downstream of Albeni Falls Dam, according to a June 15 news release...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Lake Pend Oreille peaked at 2,064.2 feet on Wednesday, May 30, and then quickly dropped below summer operating level (between 2,062 and 2,062.5 feet) as of Tuesday evening. Wednesday...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Northwest River Forecast Center predicts Lake Pend Oreille water levels will go down from here, as the lake hovered just over 2,064 feet since Sunday. Mid-Wednesday, Lake Pend...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Levels on the Pend Oreille River and Lake Pend Oreille are now predicted to meet or exceed 2011 levels, according to a Wednesday announcement from the U.S. Army Corps...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Bonner County no-wake zone regulation is being extended to 500 feet on all waterways starting now in response to flood threats. The Board of Bonner County Commissioners voted...
