Fires start across region following lightning storm
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 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 Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The dog days of summer have arrived.
A wave of higher temperatures will hit North Idaho this weekend, with Friday and Saturday’s forecast calling for …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
An upcoming city of Sandpoint workshop will pave the way for the adoption of the next fiscal year’s budget.
Set for the regular Sandpoint City …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Owners of local food trailer The Twisted Kilt Black Iron Grill are contemplating changing their business name after receiving a legal threat from an international …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The Festival at Sandpoint revealed its poster art Wednesday night in a traditional ceremony that sets the tone for the fun to come.
Festival officials …
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
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 Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
North Idaho Rep. Priscilla Giddings, R-White Bird, received a national backlash last week after one of her Facebook posts went viral.
The post, which included …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A recent study places Bonner County among the highest rates in the nation for parents opting kindergarten-age children out of vaccinations.
Published in the peer-reviewed, …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
When Sandpoint City Council members shape next year’s budget this July and August, the structure of local fire services could be reshaped along with it.…
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