County to add turn lane at Dufort and US-95
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Those hoping to pull onto U.S. 95 from Dufort Road are used to a lengthy wait at the Dufort stop sign. The Bonner County Road …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Those hoping to pull onto U.S. 95 from Dufort Road are used to a lengthy wait at the Dufort stop sign. The Bonner County Road …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Most people would place classic swing tunes a good distance from electronic beats on the musical genre spectrum.
Not Carey Rayburn.
The classically trained trumpeter …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Tonedevil Brothers — David and Anthony Powell — don’t just play their instruments. In a lot of cases, they’ve been familiar with their guitar’s …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
One with an extensive background in coffee and the other an experienced businessman, two brothers came together exactly a decade ago to create a product …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
An environmental group filed a lawsuit in federal district court Aug. 29, taking issue with a U.S. Forest Service project planned 25 miles north of …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Lake Pend Oreille will remain at summer pool through Sept. 18, after which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will start a gradual drawdown until …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Nothing says North Idaho like an off-grid hootenanny celebrating music and community. Even better if it happens every year, and Billy Mullaley has accomplished just …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously Sept. 4 to increase solid waste fees starting in the 2020 fiscal year in order to account for several improvement …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Reclaim Idaho now has its sights set on education, as the nonpartisan grassroots group launches the “Invest in Idaho” ballot initiative aimed at increasing investments …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The United States Coast Guard has completed a Final Environmental Assessment (FEA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) regarding the proposed second rail bridges …
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