High Labor Day winds fuel area fires
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Area fire crews continue to battle a trio of blazes in or very near Bonner County — two fanned by high winds that ripped through …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Area fire crews continue to battle a trio of blazes in or very near Bonner County — two fanned by high winds that ripped through …
By Reader Staff
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials have announced Lake Pend Oreille elevation targets for the upcoming fall draft at Albeni Falls Dam.
Winter drawdown is scheduled to …
By Hannah Combs
Reader Contributor
In this three-part series, we explore the formation of Lake Pend Oreille and the things that may lurk in its unknown depths.
In August 1866, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The U.S. Forest Service released a draft decision, Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Buckskin Saddle Integrated Restoration Project on July …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
After years of project proposals, permit applications, public hearings and no small amount of controversy, North Idahoans are noticing that work has progressed apace on …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
I walked into the water up to my ankles and heard that all-too-familiar voice in my head: “What are you thinking?”
The voice is familiar …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When I brought my then-girlfriend (now-wife of almost 14 years) to Sandpoint for the first time in 2002 or thereabouts, she said that my childhood …
By Reader Staff
Lake Pend Oreille sat just below 2,058 feet above sea level on May 20, keeping with predictions the Army Corps of Engineers shared earlier in the month …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Current measurements are pointing toward a typical spring runoff and refill for Lake Pend Oreille, according to the Army Corps of Engineers — information the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is warning boaters on Lake Pend Oreille to be aware of new bendway weirs in the Clark Fork Delta.…
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