Officers release identity of body recovered at City Beach
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Local law enforcement officials have identified the man whose remains were pulled from the water June 7 at Sandpoint City Beach as Gary Bonser, 40, …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Local law enforcement officials have identified the man whose remains were pulled from the water June 7 at Sandpoint City Beach as Gary Bonser, 40, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The sun is shining, birds are chirping and the muddy shoreline of Lake Pend Oreille will soon start slowly disappearing beneath the waves. Lake Pend …
By Brad Smith
Reader Contributor
A bald eagle lights on its nest in a cottonwood tree above Trestle Creek and Lake Pend Oreille. A beaver methodically places another stick on …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The board of Bonner County commissioners unanimously denied an application to vacate a 2,550-foot section of Camp Bay Road before a packed audience Feb. 16, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
As North Idahoans prepare for a summer on the water by dewinterizing their boats and stocking up on sunscreen and snacks, the Bonner County Sheriff’s …
By Reader Staff
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ officials announced April 27 that the 2021 Albeni Falls Dam recreation season will begin Saturday, May 8 with the opening of Riley …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced April 1 that Lake Pend Oreille would gradually rise about a foot over the following week, officially marking …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
At the mouth of Lake Pend Oreille, where the Clark Fork River drains its clear water into a collection area carved out by a great …
By Reader Staff
The Lakes Commission, an advisory board to the state of Idaho advocating for the preservation of water quality in the Pend Oreille Basin, is holding its next …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began Flexible Winter Pool Operations (FWPO) on Lake Pend Oreille Jan. 1 at the request of the Bonneville Power …
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