By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Bonner County residents — as with most everyone living in the Western United States — continue to suffer smoke-choked skies as large fires burn across …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Cougar Fire made substantial moves this weekend, as the blaze jumped Lightning Creek headed northeast and tripled in size.
The fire, located five miles …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Fire managers on the Idaho Panhandle National Forests plan to conduct prescribed burning across multiple Ranger Districts in the coming weeks.
The planned burning will …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
(with Ben Olson contributing reporting)
Fire is burned into Idaho history just as surely as the accomplishments of its people.
Since its foundation as a …
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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