Arrest made in Priest River cold case homicide
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in the 2004 cold case murder of a 34-year-old Priest River mother of three.
Christine Lott …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in the 2004 cold case murder of a 34-year-old Priest River mother of three.
Christine Lott …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
To some, kombucha is a health supplement. For others, it’s just a tasty drink. To most, kombucha is … well … what is it?
Carson …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
County commissioners approved the use of 10 new mobile no-wake buoys on the Pend Oreille River Tuesday, marking the latest in the Bonner County wake …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Morgann Swansen loves her dogs, swimming, going for walks and hiking. She’s a local kid with a “wonderful personality,” but Morgann is also a “3-month-old …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
People have started to notice the cooler of fruits and veggies on the corner of Fifth and Cedar. Those who bother to stop find a …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
For Ross Davis, it was an arduous road to Hope, Idaho.
He, his wife and his three young children moved here two years ago to …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When local woman Stacy Bryan’s children started mixed martial arts several years ago, Bryan was fascinated by one facet of their training: Muay Thai kickboxing. …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Colby Wilson is a 20-year-old mother to 7-month-old Luca, and as of last Thursday, she is also a high school graduate.
Wilson’s path has been …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County Sheriff’s Deputy Rob Danno can describe this year’s waterway debris situation in a single word: “Problematic.”
“There’s an unusual amount of debris in …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Two citizen groups have filed a lawsuit in regard to the sale of land from Pend Oreille County and the Pend Oreille Public Utility District …
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