Historic Brown House demolished
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Brown House – the former home of Jim and Jean Brown, who once owned Schweitzer Mountain Resort and substantial land holdings in Bonner County …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Brown House – the former home of Jim and Jean Brown, who once owned Schweitzer Mountain Resort and substantial land holdings in Bonner County …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
It’s been a tumultuous year and a half since U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R) sat down with the Reader shortly before the inauguration of President …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
In a honor described as long overdue, Sandpoint native Jerry Kramer was inducted last week into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
With a Green …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A man is dead of a gunshot wound and a suspect is still at large following an altercation at the Meandering Moose on Monday night.…
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The July 27 lightning storm started 93 fires across the Coeur d’Alene Interagency Dispatch Zone, with 11 growing to be greater than five acres, totaling …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Cougar Fire, located five miles east of Hope and just north of Porcupine Lake, is an estimated 700 acres as of Monday and continuing …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The Sandpoint wastewater treatment plant will remain at its existing location following a City Council decision Wednesday.
Seeking to implement upgrades — and the resultant …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Festival at Sandpoint officials are hoping to make 2018 the safest and most convenient festival year to date.
This year, event organizers are introducing security …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal by the city of Sandpoint last week seeking protection for the Sandpoint police officers involved in …
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 …
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