Once again, Trestle Creek needs your help
By Jennifer Ekstrom
Reader Contributor
After three failed attempts to develop a marina and luxury houses at Trestle Creek on Lake Pend Oreille over the past 17 years, The Idaho …
By Jennifer Ekstrom
Reader Contributor
After three failed attempts to develop a marina and luxury houses at Trestle Creek on Lake Pend Oreille over the past 17 years, The Idaho …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
After six and a half hours of tears, cheers and spirited arguments on June 24, the Bonner County board of commissioners approved an appeal from …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Hearing Examiner approved a conditional use permit on April 22, sought by Scott and Jennifer Kalbach to build a downhill mountain bike …
By Christina Lords
Idaho Capital Sun
Two new vending machines offering Narcan, a lifesaving medication that can help with opioid overdose, have been installed at The Pantry at St. Vincent …
By Reader Staff
Resource managers will begin the fall drawdown of Lake Pend Oreille on Tuesday, Sept. 19, in keeping with the typical schedule of holding the lake at its …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Officials, developers and members of the public gathered Sept. 6 for a public hearing regarding the Idaho Club’s permit request for a community dock …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
Idaho is lucky to have environmental experts looking out for public health when it comes to land use decisions that impact water quality. These experts …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced Nov. 22 that it was deactivating crisis standards of care across the state — everywhere, except for …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
In its efforts to tidy up and close loopholes in laws governing subdivisions, Bonner County Planning has left a hole large enough to drive a …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Idaho launched a new website for people hoping to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, in an effort to offer a one-stop-shop to connect patients with those …
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