Northside Fire assists BCSO in river rescue
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Northside Fire is receiving some serious kudos from the Bonner County Sheriff’s Department after assisting them in rescuing some stranded river floaters nearly 50 miles …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Northside Fire is receiving some serious kudos from the Bonner County Sheriff’s Department after assisting them in rescuing some stranded river floaters nearly 50 miles …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Idaho Panhandle National Forests reported a handful of regional fires Tuesday, citing last week’s lightning storm as the cause of most recent fires.
The …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a new firearm use and training policy for the county’s Justice Services department.
Justice …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Phillip Phillips came onto the music scene after winning “American Idol” in 2012, and has since recorded three albums, the latest being “Collateral” in January …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
What began as a road trip in an aggressively green 1977 Dodge camper to collect Idahoans’ stories about health care with her husband, Garrett, and …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Wildfire officials say June weather plays a large part in fire season outlook, and for the Idaho Panhandle this year, a wet and chilly June …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The entrance to Bottle Bay Road off Highway 95 south of Sandpoint will be opening up sooner than originally anticipated, said Bonner County Road and …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Idaho voters will have a chance to vote for or against Medicaid expansion on Idaho’s Nov. 6 ballot, Secretary of State Lawerence Denney announced Tuesday.…
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When Glen Rolofson noticed a peculiar substance on the shore in front of his home in Ellisport Bay in early July, he came to a …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Two out of five trucks transporting BNSF barges failed to stop at a boat check station early last week to be searched for invasive species …
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