Pete Thompson, Sandpoint publisher, dies at 89
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Pete Thompson, former owner and co-founder of the Bonner County Daily Bee and a self-described “newspaperman” to the core, died at his home Sunday. He …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Pete Thompson, former owner and co-founder of the Bonner County Daily Bee and a self-described “newspaperman” to the core, died at his home Sunday. He …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Cecil Andrus, Idaho’s longest-serving governor and former U.S. secretary of the interior, passed away last week. We asked several local residents about their memories and …
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