By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff A county ordinance requiring the removal of all political signs from county right-of-ways is being waived for this election season. Bonner County Commissioners met with county attorney Scott Bauer...
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 Cougar Fire, a 100-acre...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A video of a North Idaho man shouting racial slurs at a Spokane church youth group in Coeur d’Alene is making the rounds on social media. The video, obtained...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When Glen Rolofson noticed a peculiar substance on the shore in front of his home in Ellisport Bay in early July, he came to a conclusion no lakefront property...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Two out of five trucks transporting BNSF barges failed to stop at a boat check station early last week to be searched for invasive species before reaching Lake Pend...
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 the water right now,”...
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 (PUD) to HiTest Sand,...
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. The exploratory drilling, headed...
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 the U.S. Army Corps...
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 and rain mean the...
