Crews containing Bernard, Callahan fires; now working West Branch fire
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Fire crews working the two major fires in the Bonner County area are steadily achieving containment, though a new blaze reported Sept. 16 is now …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Fire crews working the two major fires in the Bonner County area are steadily achieving containment, though a new blaze reported Sept. 16 is now …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Area fire crews continue to battle a trio of blazes in or very near Bonner County — two fanned by high winds that ripped through …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
North Idahoans are making note of clearer skies so far this August, but with fire activity ramping up this week, the smoky haze of summers …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Cougar Fire was an estimated 6,626 acres and 26- percent contained on Wednesday afternoon, with wind gusts of up to 20 mph near the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Cougar Fire made substantial moves over the weekend, as the blaze jumped Lightning Creek headed northeast and tripled in size.
The fire, located five …
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 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 Writer
As hundreds of thousands of acres burn across the surrounding regions this summer, the areas directly surrounding Sandpoint have been fairly fireless. Though smoke …
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