The Dog Outside the Light
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
There is a truism attributed to early-20th century weird fiction writer H.P. Lovecraft: “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
There is a truism attributed to early-20th century weird fiction writer H.P. Lovecraft: “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
On the Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission agenda for Aug. 27 is a code change that, if enacted, would streamline and simplify the permitting …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Sagle residents opposed to an asphalt batch plant in a local gravel pit have successfully overturned a piece of Bonner County Revised Code that allowed …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The next step in the ongoing legal challenge to a proposed asphalt plant in Sagle is in the hands of Second District Court Judge Jeff …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Spencer James, a Bonner County man arrested in connection with a series of Sagle burglaries this summer, will face prison time following a plea deal.…
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to hold a reconsideration hearing regarding the asphalt batch plant slated for the Linscott gravel pit in Sagle.
The …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
A manhunt in Sagle Saturday morning that prompted a Nixle alert ended without locating the man in question.
Around 10 a.m. a Bonner County Sheriff’s …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
The hamlet of Sagle, the unincorporated area just south of the Long Bridge, boasts a rural quality of life conveniently close to Sandpoint and its …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A simple timber cutting mistake worth $1,600 has escalated to leave a Sagle man on the hook for nearly $200,000.
In a legal opinion, Idaho …
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