Authorities urge swimming safety following accidents
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
A number of drownings and near-drownings have plagued the Sandpoint area this summer. Police Chief Corey Coon said that while the last few years …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
A number of drownings and near-drownings have plagued the Sandpoint area this summer. Police Chief Corey Coon said that while the last few years …
Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
An 11-year-old boy died Tuesday in a drowning incident at the Morton Slough boat launch on the Pend Oreille River.
A 911 call around 4 …
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