Local groups file lawsuit over Newport Smelter land sale
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 …
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 …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The U.S. Forest Service Sandpoint Ranger District announced Thursday approval of the Green Mountain Exploratory Drilling project on the southeast end of Lake Pend Oreille.…
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Levels on the Pend Oreille River and Lake Pend Oreille are now predicted to meet or exceed 2011 levels, according to a Wednesday announcement from …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Predictions that this year’s above-average snowpack would lead to flooding are coming to fruition.
Bonner County Emergency Management announced Wednesday that the warm temperatures, runoff …
By Reader Staff
The Western Federal Lands Highway Division is prepared to award the contract to repair the Lightning Creek flood damages in May. The repair work is expected to …
By Cameron Rasmussson
Reader Staff
About 5,000 acres of forestland near Bonners Ferry will be preserved under a conservation easement in an agreement announced Wednesday by Idaho Department of Lands …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A meeting hosted by the U.S. Forest Service last week about proposed exploratory drilling for silica deposits near Lake Pend Oreille turned into a battle …
By Cameron Rasmusson and Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Scott Rhodes, the person of interest in the distribution of racist propaganda at Sandpoint High School, has been investigated by another police …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
The bleachers were full in Newport High School’s gym Wednesday night as representatives from HiTest Sand gave a presentation and took questions regarding the …
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